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Christopher

Reevedies

Christopher

Reeve

poses

for

photographers

with

his

wife

Dana

as

he

arrives

at

the

13th

annual

Christopher

Reeve

Paralysis

Foundation

gala

event

in

New

York,

in

th

is

Nov

24,

2003

file

photo.

Reeve,

the

star

of

the

"Superman"

movies

whose

near-

fatal

riding

accident

nine

years

ago

turn

ed

him

into

a

worldwide

advocate

for

spi

nal

cord

research,

died

Sunday,

Oct.

10,

2004,

of

heart

failure

while

at

his

Ne

w

York

home,

his

publicist

said.

He

was

52.

(AP

Photo/Stuart

Ramson,

File)

BEDFORD,N.Y.

(AP)

--

Christopher

Reeve,

the

star

of

the

"Superman"

movies

whose

near-fatal

riding

accident

nine

years

ago

turned

him

into

a

worldwide

advocate

fo

r

spinal

cord

research,

died

Sunday

ofh

eartfailure,hispublicistsaid.Hewas

52.

Reeve

fell

into

a

coma

Saturday

after

go

ing

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.

His

fa

mily

was

at

his

side

at

the

time

of

de

ath.

Reeve

was

being

treated

at

Northern

Westc

hester

Hospital

for

a

pressure

wound,

a

commoncomplication

for

people

living

with

paralysis.

In

the

past

week,

the

wound

had

become

severely

infected,

resulting

in

a

serious

systemic

infection.

"Onbehalfofmyentirefamily,Iwant

tothankNorthernWestchesterHospitalfor

theexcellentcaretheyprovidedtomy

husband,"DanaReeve,Christopher'swife,

saidinastatement."Ialsowantto

thankhispersonalstaffofnursesanda

ides,aswellasthemillionsoffansf

romaroundtheworldwhohavesupported

andlovedmyhusbandovertheyears.

Reevebrokehisneckin

ewasthrownfromhis

questriancompetitionin

May1995

horseduring

Culpeper,

when

an

Va.

h

e

Enduringmonthstobreathefor

oftherapylongerand

toallowhimlongerperiods

withoutarespirator,lobbyCongressforbettertionagainstcatastrophic

Reeveemerged

insurance

injuryand

to

protec

tom

ovean

itha

Academycallfor

Awardmore

audiencetofilmsabout

tears

social

w

issues.

"Hollywood

needs

to

do

more,"

he

said

in

the

March

1996

Oscar

awards

appearance.

"Let's

continue

to

take

risks.

Let's

ta

ckle

the

issues.

In

many

ways

our

film

community

can

do

it

better

thananyone

e

lse.

There

is

nochallenge,

artistic

or

otherwise,

that

we

can't

meet.

He

returned

to

directing,

and

even

return

ed

to

acting

ina

1998

production

of"R

ear

Window,"

a

modern

update

of

the

Hitc

hcock

thriller

about

a

man

in

a

wheelcha

ir

whobecomes

convinced

a

neighbor

has

been

murdered.

Reeve

won

a

Screen

Actors

Guildawardforbestactor.

"I

wasworried

that

only

acting

with

my

voice

and

my

face,

Imight

not

be

abl

e

to

communicate

effectively

enough

to

te

ll

the

story,"

Reeve

said.

"But

I

wass

urprised

to

find

that

if

I

really

concen

trated,

and

just

let

the

thoughts

happen,

that

they

would

read

on

myface.

With

somany

close-ups,

I

knew

that

my

ever

y

thought

would

count."

In

2000,

Reeve

was

able

to

move

his

ind

ex

finger,

and

a

specialized

workout

regi

men

made

his

legs

and

arms

stronger.

He

also

regained

sensation

in

other

parts

of

his

body.

He

had

vowed

towalk

again.

"I

refuse

to

allow

adisability

to

deter

mine

how

I

live

my

life.

I

don't

mean

tobeseemshelpful

reckless,abittoward

butsettinga

dauntingactually

recovery,"Reeve

goal

is

said.

that

very

Reeve's

support

of

stem

cell

research

hel

ped

it

emerge

as

amajor

campaign

issue

between

President

Bush

and

John

Kerry.

His

namewas

even

mentioned

byKerry

ear

lier

this

monthduring

the

second

preside

ntial

debate.

His

of

rgely

in

He

athletic,adventureunknown,thefirstinsisted

6-foot-4-inch

madehima

choicefor

"Superman"

onperforming

frameand

natural,

thetitle

moviein

hisown

love

ifla

role

1978.

stunt

s.

Although,Reeve

heoften

reprisedworried

theroleabout

threebeing

times

typecas

t

as

an

action

hero.

"Look,

I've

flown,

I've

becomeevil,

love

d,

stopped

and

turned

the

world

backward,

I've

faced

my

peers,

I've

befriended

ch

ildren

and

small

animalsand

I've

rescued

cats

from

trees,"

Reeve

told

theLosA

ngeles

Times

in

1983.

"What

else

is

ther

e

left

for

Supermanto

do

that

hasn't

b

een

done?"

Though

heowed

his

fameto

it,

Reeve

ma

de

a

concerted

effort

to,

as

heoften

p

ut

it,

"escape

the

cape."

He

playedan

embittered,

crippled

Vietnam

veteranin

th

e

1980Broadway

play

"Fifth

of

July,"

a

lovestruck

time-traveler

in

the

1980

mov

ie

"Somewhere

in

Time,"

and

an

aspiring

playwright

in

the

1982

suspense

thriller

"Deathtrap."

More

recent

films

included

John

Carpenter'

s"Village

of

the

Damned,"

and

the

HBO

movies

"Above

Suspicion"

and

"In

the

Gloa

ming,"

which

hedirected.

Among

his

other

film

credits

are

"The

Remains

of

theD

ay,"

"The

Aviator,"

and

"Morning

Glory."

ReevewasbornorkCity,sonaperreporter.madehisfirst

Sept.ofaAboutstage

25,1952,novelistandtheageofappearance

inNewY

anewsp

10,he

-inGil

bert

uard"

and

at

Sullivan'sMcCarter

"TheTheater

Yeomanofthe

inPrinceton,

G

N

.J.

After

graduating

from

Cornell

University

i

n

1974,

he

landed

a

part

as

coldhearted

bigamist

Ben

Harper

on

the

television

s

oap

opera

"Love

of

Life."

He

also

perfor

med

frequently

on

stage,

winning

his

firs

t

Broadway

role

as

thegrandson

of

a

ch

aracter

played

by

Katharine

Hepburn

in

"A

Matter

of

Gravity."

Reeve'sfirstmovierolewasaminorone

inthesubmarinedisastermovie"GrayL

adyDown,"releasedin1978."Superman"s

oonfollowed.Reevewasselectedforthe

titlerolefromamongabout200aspiran

ts.

Active

in

many

sports,

Reeve

owned

severa

l

horses

andcompeted

in

equestrian

event

s

regularly.

Witnesses

to

the

1995

accide

nt

said

Reeve's

horse

had

cleared

twoof

15fencesduringthejumpingeventand

stoppedabruptlyatthethird,flinging

theactorheadlongtotheground.Docto

rssaidhefracturedthetoptwovertebr

aeinhisneckanddamagedhisspinalc

ord.

Whilefilming"Superman"inLondon,Reeve

metmodelingagencyco-founderGaeExton

,andthetwobeganarelationshipthat

lastedseveralyears.Thecouplehadtw

osons,butwer