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Stanley Weston (born Stanley Alan Weinstein; April 1, 1933 – May 1, 2017) was an American inventor and licensing agent who created the G.I. Joe toy line in 1963, as well as the very concept of the action figure.
May 11, 2017 · Stan Weston, who introduced the world to the heroic G.I. Joe, one of the most popular toys ever produced, died on May 1 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 84. His daughter, Cindy...
Stanley Weston, whose idea in the 1960s of a doll for boys became G.I. Joe, the world's first action figure and a toy chest icon of American reverence for the fighting man of the military, died...
- Emily Langer
Stanley Weston, the creator of the “G.I. Joe” action figure and subsequent animated kids’ series, died May 1 at the age of 84, TheWrap has learned. Born in Brooklyn in 1933, Weston was...
May 10, 2017 · Stanley Weston, who helped to create G.I. Joe — if not the concept of the "action figure" itself — has died. He was 84. Though Weston did not name the iconic hero of toy shelves, afternoon UHF...
- Owen S. Good
May 12, 2017 · Stan Weston, the man who created G.I. Joe—one of the most enduring toys for boys of the past 100 years—passed away on May 1 due to complications from surgery, as revealed by a recent...
Jun 6, 2018 · Stan Weston. Died on May 1, 2017 at age 84. Mr. Weston’s concept for a military action figure became the heroic G.I. Joe, one of the most popular toys ever produced. Read Obituary.
