George Barris, Batmobile creator, dies at 89

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. George Barris, the Batmobile creator whose talent for turning Detroit iron into decked-out automotive fantasies earned him the nickname "King of the Kustomizers," has died. He was 89. “Armenpress” reports the information citing BBC News.

Barris died early Thursday morning, son Brett Barris said on Facebook.

"Sorry to have to post that my father, legendary kustom car king George Barris, has moved to the bigger garage in the sky," Brett Barris wrote. "He lived his life the way he wanted til the end. He would want everyone (to) celebrate the passion he had for life and for what he created for all to enjoy."

George Barris created the legendary batmobile in 1966. Barris was born in Chicago and raised in California. He started fiddling with cars as a teenager, deciding right away he would become a customizer -- or, as he spelled it, "kustomizer."