Dana Reeve Dies of Lung Cancer (Widow Of Christopher Reeve)

Fox News & AP ^ | March 7, 2006

[JRochelle]

She died of lung cancer. Haven't found any links yet. Heard it on WLSAM Chicago.

[Dante3]

Very sad. I heard not long ago that she was doing okay.

[Ron/GA]

No flaming here ... as a reformed smoker, I am rabidly against it. But she was not a smoker and never had smoked.

Here is a little bit of the story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-08-09-reeve-cancer-cover_x.htm

[Publius6961]

I'm guessing she was a smoker; another victim of the cigarette industry.

Other than the worst kind of slimeball and ghoul, as well as presumptuous and arrogant, what can possibly be added?

[maggief]

Actor Christopher Reeve, second from right, arrives with his wife, Dana, and their son Will, left, with actor and director Robin Williams, right, for the world premiere of the movie ' House of D' in which Williams stars at the 3rd Annual Tribeca Film Festival in this Friday, May 7, 2004 file photo, in New York. Dana Reeve, who fought for better treatments and possible cures for paralysis through the Christopher Reeve Foundation, named for her late actor-husband, has died, the foundation said. She was 44. Reeve died late Monday of lung cancer, said Kathy Lewis, President and CEO of the foundation. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

[Smokin' Joe]

Imagine smoking didn't exist.

Then what would the doctors blame lung cancer on?

Get tobacco entirely out of the picture and there will still be lung cancer.

Whatever your beef with smoking, we would all be better off if all the money pissed away on lame ad campaigns, stupid billboards, and propaganda crusades had been spent on basic cancer research and finding cures for cancer regardless of what the cancer is blamed on.

[DB]

Was she a vegetarian?

[Trust but Verify]

There is one of you on every thread. Quit making assumptions and do a little checking. The correct information is not hard to find, as you can see from the responses you are getting.

[tacomonkey2002]

God rest her soul...she was a beautiful and good person.
I hope that she and Christopher are somewhere dancing right now...
God bless them both.
He wasone of my favorite actors...
I loved how he did superman.
Tom

[maggief]

Dana Reeve, wife of the late actor Christopher Reeve, smiles as she holds a tag with the Superman logo which represents the belief that Reeve's vision of a cure will go forward at the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's A Magical Evening gala in this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005 file photo in New York. Reeve, who fought for better treatments and possible cures for paralysis through the Christopher Reeve Foundation, named for her late actor-husband, has died, the foundation said. Reeve died late Monday of lung cancer, said Kathy Lewis, President and CEO of the foundation. (AP Photo/Steve Chernin, File)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"It's still got to be Second Hand Smoke. Or something."

My best friend died two years ago from lung & liver cancer. She never smoked and never drank.

Yeah. It's got to be something...it's called being genetically pre-disposed. These things run in families. Her Dad died of lung cancer, her Mother of brain cancer and she has a remaining brother and sister who are terrified of their fate, as well.

They may as well just kill themselves right now, Eh? They may have accidentally inhaled cigarette smoke at some point in their meaningless lives. Good Grief.

[Brytani]

Not sure about that.

[sandbar]

>>>So if sha had smoked and died of lung cancer at the young age of 44, that would have been fair?>>>

Of course it would!! She would have deserved every bit of agony that they had, even if the cancer would have occurred anyway. And those people, even those who are thin, and eat gobs of cheeseburgers and fat and end up with a heart attack deserve all the pity that those evil smokers DON'T.
/sarcasm

[dep]

well, actually, you've gone off half-cocked here. it turns out that fewer than 20 percent of lifelong smokers ever show any ill effects from smoking, and fewer than one in four cases of lung cancer are smoking related. perhaps you would care to inform yourself before cutting loose next time; you can begin by reading this.

[swain_forkbeard]

Why do you assume you need permission from some government to sell something?

[topher]

Though she may not have smoked, she was a cabaret singer.

The harm of second hand may be more than people suspect.

If her parents smoked, she could have been exposed to second home smoke in the home...

The point being we should protect children from second hand smoke - by at least making people aware of the health dangers (I have read of studies that second hand smoke may cause harm).

If exposure to smoke as a child might have been a factor in her death, then people want to be aware of this fact.

My parents stopped smoking when I was a small child because they did want to harm us - and they did want to set a bad example. This was back in the 1950s before there were any health warnings on TV (in fact TV was quite young at that time).

[Connie Cardullo]

"Heck, I can't get a permit to sell pot, and it never killed anybody."

Boy, are you confused.

Plan on riding in a vehicle any time soon?

Smokers are adults who choose to smoke, same as those who use heroin.

[nuconvert]

It's been in the news over the past few months.

[tacomonkey2002]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Dana+Reeves+Dies+

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I don't know if she actually died yet.
Someone better check this out before it gets all out of proportion....
I think she just found out she has cancer.
God bless her still.
Tom