Christopher Reeve's Widow Dies at Age 44

Forbes.com ^ | 03-07-06 | JIM FITZGERALD

[outlaw1_2003]

Dana Reeve, who won worldwide admiration for her devotion to her "Superman" husband, Christopher Reeve, through his decade of near-total paralysis, has died of lung cancer at age 44.

[Moleman]

Sad, very young and didn't smoke to get cancer.

[Williams]

What a horrible tragedy. She did not have much more time on earth than him. I saw them both at an event some years ago, he spoke from his special wheelchair, she was so very beautiful.

[apackof2]

Superman reunited with his Lois Lane

R.I.P

[Publius6961]

A beautiful woman in the full sense of the word. May she rest in peace, and may her family find comfort in the admiration most of us feel for her.

Deepest sympathy to the family.

[PeteB570]

Sad end for a nice lady.

Her time here was way to short.

[underbyte]

Tragedy for the kids to lose both parents like that so young

[repubzilla]

Thats too bad. I just saw her on TV a few weeks ago during the retirement ceremony form NHL great Mark Messier. They were very close families. The Reeves were huge NY Ranger fans...she sang a song for Messier. It was great. She was looking very pretty that night. Quite healthy (on the outside)..

[jjmcgo]

Her death need not be in vain if we can spread the word that 30 percent of lung cancers occur in nonsmokers and that the so-called devastation of smoking is overstated by this amount.
That is, 30 percent of smokers who get lung cancer from smoking would have gotten it anyway from genetics.

[Aliska]

My jaw dropped open. She outlived her husband by one year, four months, twenty-six days. This is truly shocking.

May she rest in peace and may her family be comforted and son be cared for.

[zarf]

That is, 30 percent of smokers who get lung cancer from smoking would have gotten it anyway from genetics.

Your point being?

[TXBubba]

Just heard this news a few minutes ago. Sad. And I must admit my first thought was "I didn't know she smoked." That is how brainwashed even I have become to the anti-smoker stuff.

[AppyPappy]

She smoked in her heart. Just thinking about cigarettes can give you cancer.

We never know for whom the bell tolls.

[OldFriend]

Saw her at the Messier celebration too. She was looking well and happy.

What a sad end to her life.

[Balding_Eagle]

30 percent of smokers who get lung cancer from smoking would have gotten it anyway from genetics.

I've never heard this before (not 30%). Can you provide some backup for that number?

[Tokra]

Her death need not be in vain if we can spread the word that 30 percent of lung cancers occur in nonsmokers and that the so-called devastation of smoking is overstated by this amount.

Let me take a wild guess here - you are a smoker, aren't you?

There is nothing "so-called" about the devastation of smoking. Cigarettes kill way more people with heart attacks and strokes than with lung cancer.

[jjmcgo]

I made my point quite clearly, cancer deaths from smoking are overstated, they fold in those who would have gotten lung cancer from genetics if you as much as smoked a little bit at some period in your life.
Not all the cancers smokers get are a result of smoking but they are all presented statistically as such.

[jjmcgo]

Try Google. Or look for the thread that ran on this forum about three months ago.

[jjmcgo]

Life kills us all, whether we smoke or not.
Let me guess, you're a totalitarian non-smoker looking to control others' behaviors, aren't you?
Or should we both quit the "let me guess" business? 'Cause I can 'guess' some really nasty stuff about you.
So, let's quit guessing and judge each other not on what we guess but on what we write.

[PeteB570]

OK guys;
Let's take this back into the closet. Wrong thread for a food fight.