Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve, best known for his Superman movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died of heart failure on October 10. He was 52.
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, sponsoring with his wife the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (formerly the American Paralysis Association).
Besides his four Superman films — the most entertaining of which, despite the flag-waving finale, was Richard Lester’s fast-paced Superman II (1980) — Reeve also appeared in about a dozen features.
Among his other notable screen roles are the lovestruck playwright in Jeannot Szwarc’s romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time [...]
by Andre Soares | October 11, 2004
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