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Reeve lived another 10 years after the accident, dying of heart failure at age 52 in 2004. In a cruel twist, Dana, a nonsmoker, would follow 17 months later from stage-4 lung cancer.
Reeve's life story and activism is chronicled in the upcoming documentary film 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,' in select theaters Sept. 21 Christopher Reeve Wanted to Die After His Accident.
Reeve was 42 years old at the time of his accident. The traumatic event marked a profound turning point in his life, shifting his focus from acting to becoming an advocate for spinal cord injury ...
Christopher D'Olier Reeve [1] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series (1978–1987).
The movie, directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, follows as Christopher Reeve finds fame playing Superman in the late 1970s and 1980s before a devastating 1995 horse riding accident caused ...
The Reeves eventually joined forces with the American Paralysis Association to create the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher’s journey and work after the accident is now the ...
Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse-riding accident in 1995, recalls in documentary footage that he wanted to die before seven words from his wife ...
"Super/Man: The Story of Christopher Reeve" is a moving, wrenching, compellingly well-made documentary about Reeve’s life that inevitably ends up centering on his accident and its aftermath.