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Toy designer Roger Sweet, who is credited with creating the enduringly popular character He-Man, has died at the age of 91 following a battle with dementia. His death comes just two months before a live-action version of his creations hits the big screen. His wife, Marlene confirmed the news to TMZ telling them he had died peacefully in his sleep. Roger designed and named the original He-Man character back in the '80s. The designer worked for the toy manufacturing company Mattel for more than 15 years, and his creation will appear in the upcoming live-action film Masters of the Universe.

His final few months had been marred with health struggles as his dementia worsened, and Marlene had previously revealed he suffered a scary fall while walking alone and couldn't remember what happened.Following this Doctors found two brain bleeds, and he was rushed to the ICU before being moved to a facility, which cost more than $10,000 a month.

Marlene had set up a GoFundMe to cover the costs of living in the memory care facility where he could be monitored and safe and where he spent his final days. The couple were unable to independently afford the cost as he had received no royalties from the character.

"It is devastating to see this happening. Unfortunately, these care facilities are not covered by Medicare, and the cost for a patient in his condition is $10,200 a month, well above our monthly income," she wrote at the time.The doctors consider him a high risk for falls and say he must use a walker, considering the dementia and brain bleeds, but he says he does not need it and continues to walk around in his confused state," she added.

"So I am reaching out to all the HE-MAN fans for help with these bills. Any donation will be greatly appreciated and will ease the burden of this new expense," she concluded.

The fundraiser blew up and easily smaashed its $50,000 goal, ultimately raising nearly $94,000 from supporters who grew up on the iconic franchise. The Mattel Foundation also donated $5,000.

Tribures flooded in for hte star as news of his death broke. Writing on Facebook one fan said: "I hope he got an early screening of the movie. Sad if he was so close to seeing it. This guy was responsible for so much of my childhood happiness and imagination!"

Antoehr added: "Roger, thank you for gifting us with MOTU. You shaped my childhood and a lot of who I am as an adult. You gave a lot of us The Power. I hope you got to see the new MOTU movie before you went home."

A third chimed in: "I'm going to go see the new movie when it comes out. I may not know much about it, but I will start researching it and get myself ready. So for all of the fans who love this franchise let's do it for Roger Sweet, because we all have the power!"

A fourth shared: "Just weeks away from the movie release . This is unfortunate. He would have loved to see his creations take on live action again , this time done proper." A fifth opined: "I hope they at least let him view the new movie before it came out to the public! But how cool is this to be a creator of something that now is a cult classic!!! So cool! #RIPRogerSweet." Menawhile a sixth simply penned: "R.I.P Roger Sweet, Thanks for a great childhood. God bless you."