Lenny Robinson had a successful cleaning company and a settled life in Maryland. He sold it outright.
It all started because his son Brandon became obsessed with Batman as a child. Lenny had a $5,000 costume made, so heavy that it took him 45 minutes to put on, and he began visiting hospitals in Baltimore and Washington D.C. without charging a cent. He drove a Lamborghini disguised as the Batmobile and never broke character in front of the sick children: to them, it wasn’t a costume, it was Batman in the flesh.
In 2012, he went viral when police stopped him on Route 29 because of his personalized license plates. Instead of ticketing him, the officers asked him for a photo. For eight years, he continued appearing at hospitals, spending more than $25,000 a year out of his own pocket and making about 18 visits per year.
In August 2015, while inspecting the broken-down engine of his Batmobile on a Maryland highway, a car hit him. Lenny was 51 years old and died while on his way to visit hospitalized children. For eight years, he had turned Batman into a way to bring gifts, companionship, and hope to hundreds of sick children.
