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Christopher Reeve dead at 52

'Superman' star Christopher Reeve dead at 52
Paralyzed actor was advocate for spinal cord research

Monday, October 11, 2004 Posted: 2:07 AM EDT (0607 GMT)

After a riding accident left him paralyzed, Reeve worked for spinal cord research.

BEDFORD, New York (AP) -- Christopher Reeve, the star of the "Superman" movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.

Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs, told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night.

Reeve was being treated at Northern Westchester Hospital for a pressure wound that he developed, a common complication for people living with paralysis. In the past week, the wound had become severely infected, resulting in a serious systemic infection.

"On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank Northern Westchester Hospital for the excellent care they provided to my husband," Dana Reeve, Christopher's wife, said in a statement. "I also want to thank his personal staff of nurses and aides, as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."

Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia.

Enduring months of therapy to allow him to breathe for longer and longer periods without a respirator, Reeve emerged to lobby Congress for better insurance protection against catastrophic injury and to move an Academy Award audience to tears with a call for more films about social issues.

He returned to directing, and even returned to acting in a 1998 production of "Rear Window," a modern update of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in a wheelchair who becomes convinced a neighbor has been murdered. Reeve won a Screen Actors Guild award for best actor in a television movie or miniseries.

"I was worried that only acting with my voice and my face, I might not be able to communicate effectively enough to tell the story," Reeve said. "But I was surprised to find that if I really concentrated, and just let the thoughts happen, that they would read on my face. With so many close-ups, I knew that my every thought would count."

In his public appearances, he was as handsome as ever, his blue eyes bright and his voice clear.

"Hollywood needs to do more," he said in the March 1996 Oscar awards appearance. "Let's continue to take risks. Let's tackle the issues. In many ways our film community can do it better than anyone else. There is no challenge, artistic or otherwise, that we can't meet."

In 2000, Reeve was able to move his index finger, and a specialized workout regimen has made his legs and arms stronger. He has also regained sensation in other parts of his body.


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please move this to Movie Stars and celebritites


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What? but.. but.. wasn't Superman Already Dead? I herd it on "Entyertainment Tonight" a couple of years ago that The First Superman, in he Black And White Movie was Shot, and Died..


But I fully know who CR is, and how he was paralyzed from falling off a horse...


Whoever, I do not see him as an icon of hope, or that you can stil accomplish things even thought you are disabled / paralyzed, because he is a Millionaire, and got better then the best treatment you can get, adn was living in total comfort and more.


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http://www.maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve


Thats not right mad


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Read it, it's good stuff.


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What!? you mean I missed an Article he has written!?


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Read it, it's good stuff.


What the fuc* is your problem. mad


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Oh shit, well excuse me all to hell for posting a link.

So the guy was crippled. Who cares? Doens't make his death any more tragic than anyone elses.

It sucks he died, I wish he didn't, but I'm not going to act as if his death is more tragic then one of the thousands of children who surely died today in car accidents, murder, drownings ect.

Again, read the article, it's funny and informative.


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Oh shit, well excuse me all to hell for posting a link.

So the guy was crippled. Who cares? Doens't make his death any more tragic than anyone elses.

It sucks he died, I wish he didn't, but I'm not going to act as if his death is more tragic then one of the thousands of children who surely died today in car accidents, murder, drownings ect.


The point is insulting and making fun of a paralysed man is bad enough but a DEAD MAN now thats just plain fuc*ed up!! mad


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That article was written over a year ago, before he was dead.

Again, read the ****ing article before passing judgement on it. It makes valid points.

Just because a guy is crippled doesn't mean he's above criticism.


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The point is insulting and making fun of a paralysed man is bad enough but a DEAD MAN now thats just plain fuc*ed up!! mad


Lets Dig up Hitler's GRave and Urinate on his dead roten corps!


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quote:
Originally posted by BackFire
That article was written over a year ago, before he was dead.

Again, read the ****ing article before passing judgement on it. It makes valid points.

Just because a guy is crippled doesn't mean he's above criticism.


Fine the article is old. But why discuss this hours after the man just died?


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Because it relates to the topic of discussion and people should realize he wasn't the great wonderful guy that he's painted as.


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Because it relates to the topic of discussion and people should realize he wasn't the great wonderful guy that he's painted as.


Whether you hate him or like him its just not right to do this now after he died or at least not hours after he did.


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I don't know.. you decied, you can Either Read it or not.


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