Noel Neill, the first actress to play Lois Lane in live-action in The Adventures of Superman in 1948, has passed away. Neill also had cameo appearances in both Richard Donner's original Superman, and Bryan Singer's Superman Returns. She was immortalised when a statue of Lois Lane was erected bearing her likeness in Illinois, after being honoured with the title "“First Lady of Metropolis” in 2011.
Neill’s manager/biographer, Larry Ward, broke the news of her passing in a Facebook post, in which he also paid tribute to his friend.