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Actor Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman movies, died of heart failure on October 10. Nine years ago, Reeve was left paralyzed by a near-fatal riding accident, after which he became a staunch advocate for spinal chord and stem cell research.

An Associated Press report quoted a statement by Reeve’s wife, Dana, in which she thanked the staff of Northern Westchester Hospital, where Reeve had been receiving treatment for an infected pressure wound, and to "the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."

Besides his four appearances as Superman, Reeve’s other notable screen roles include the lovestruck playwright in Somewhere in Time (1980), with Jane Seymour; the ambitious gay playwright wannabe in Deathtrap (1982), opposite Michael Caine; and the wheelchair-bound voyeur in a 1998 television remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, for which Reeve won a Best Actor (in a television film or miniseries) Award from the Screen Actors Guild. Christopher Reeve was 52.

 

 

 

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