died Monday at age 70, fans around the world mourned the death of an artist.But they were even more devastated by the passing of their dear old friend, Pee-wee Herman.That bowtied ‘80s fixture was too goofy to be true, but also remarkably real to us because of the actor’s intense commitment to his zany character. And that’s exactly how Reubens, the man who created and performed as Pee-wee, wanted it.“I thought Pee-wee Herman worked better if [they] didn’t know that I was an actor,” he said in a 2004 interview with Dateline NBC.