Ward starred as the boy wonder in the popular TV series that shot West to international notoriety.
Like the characters they portrayed, Adam West and Burt Ward had a rock-solid friendship — one that lasted more than 50 years.
“I loved him," Ward told Inside Edition as he remembered his Batman co-star and friend, the late Adam West. "We had the best time. We could talk about any subject. All we did was laugh."
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Ward, who portrayed Robin opposite West’s Batman in the 1960's series about the Caped Crusader, is opening up about his former co-star, who died over the weekend after a short battle with leukemia.
West was 88.
Ward said that he was stunned to learn the severity of his friend's condition.
“I wasn't aware he was dealing with an illness — neither was he," Ward said. "He thought he was dealing with altitude sickness. They found out he had leukemia. I was surprised.”
Ward is now 71. He and his wife, Tracy, run the Gentle Giants Dog Rescue out of their home in Norco, Calif.
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Ward laughs as he recalled how West performed Batman's infamous dance, "The Batusi."
“He was so funny the way he did it," he said. "You can't even put it in a box because it was so wild and crazy. He was wild and crazy.”
