Joanne Siegel died on Monday at the age of 93. Joanne and Jerry met in Cleveland in the 1930's in her teens. She posted an ad in a news paper looking for a modeling job and was contacted by Joe Shuster, and quickly became the inspiration for Lois Lane.
Ten years after that, Jerry and Joanne were married after his divorce from previous wife, Bella Siegel.
Jerry Siegel died in 1999 and 3 years later both families of the Superman co-creators filed for partial ownership of the Superman character, and in 2008 a ruled that both families do own a large share of Superman, but the battle with Warner Bros. is currently still ongoing.
R.I.P
Joanne Siegel