Posted on 10/11/2004 1:42:46 AM PDT by daylate-dollarshort
Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at 52
Monday, October 11, 2004
BEDFORD, NY — 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, 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, Va.
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I've read some posts that say he lapsed into his coma on Saturday. He MAY have text messaged Kerry before it happened. However, I don't think that sometime between his heart attack and his coma Christopher Reeves was making phone calls.
I agree with everything you said, and see nothing wrong with it. That isn't what I was talking about. I would miss you btw.
Are you implying that my posts are reprehensible on this thread?
I find it stunning that consevative Freepers react to the posted opinion of another Freeper in the manner that some have responded to me. They are certainly entitled to their opinion, but are not entitled to immunity from my opinion that making nice about this guy is strange.
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