Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens has died at the age of 70
Pee-wee Herman , the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, often threw schoolyard taunts into his casual conversation. It was one of the pieces the character had. "Why don't you take a picture of it? It will last longer!" "That's my name! Don't wear it!" And most famously, "I know you are, but what am I?" Of course, when it came to Pee-wee himself, with his skin-tight gray suit, red bow tie, haircut, ridged cheekbones and ruby red lips, "What am I? " was a real question—he asked it merely by existing. Reubens died Sunday of cancer at the age of 70. He was an actor - but for a long time he tried to convince the public that Pee-wee was a real person, not a character. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Post-Credits Scene Check-in At first, people didn't know what to make of Reubens' mistrustful child. Created in 1977 while Reubens was a member of the Los Angeles sketch troupe The Ground...
