'Superman' star Christopher Reeve dead at 52

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Paralyzed actor was advocate for spinal cord research

BEDFORD, New York (AP) -- 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 that he developed, 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."

Read entire story here (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve.ap/index.html).

[Potato]

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[Wolfie]

Poor guy, but at least he is not suffering anymore. Its kinda weird that Kerry mentioned him recovering in his pitch during the thursday's debate regarding stem cell research.

[black_magiic]

thats to bad, he will be missed

[rebirth]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD.

That's horrible.
I've been looking up to him all my life. I was just WAITING for him to find a 'cure' for his type of paralysis. That SUCKS. Damn. I'll miss 'im.

[crackerjacker]

thats sad :(

[wingnut2600]

Poor Mr. Reeve :(

[aqlo]

You call yourself a Lois Lane,
and you're in pain,
and I'm insane
You don't want my help,
you don't need my help
I watch you fall down from the sky,
but i wont cry,
I'll just sigh

Who is gonna save you
Yeah I've heard the talk
Superman can't walk
Who is gonna save you,
when your Superman can't walk

I saw him just the other day,
in physical therapy
Sitting in a wheelchair,
you know I had to stare
And all your friends they think I'm sick,
they think that I'm insensitive
They don't like the fun I'm poking,
don't they know I'm only joking

Yeah I've heard the talk
Superman can't walk
Who is gonna save you,
when your Superman can't walk ...
--Good Charlotte

[Vampmon]

:( :( Now who's going to save people? Spiderman? Batman, Catwoman? Poor Lois Lane

* He looks nothing like what he did: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3732310.stm

[MushroomheadXIII]

Damn that sucks, i remember seeing him as dr swan in smallville, who will play dr swan now??

[moneoa]

Bye superman, its been good

[aboi]

see ya when i get there chris. you were my childhood hero and still is even today. *tears*

[Betamax]

Maybe he'll come back to life like Superman did?

[Mels_Smileys45]

Fly on my brother!

All heroes must pass to become larger than life

[mountain_rage]

damn that kryptonight. I know its kinda cruel to make fun of this mans missfortune but i couldnt resist.

He will always be remembered as superman and the work he did giving hope to those who had none.

[Deegin]

RIP and hopefully people will continue in his footsteps in the fight to help find a way to 'cure' paralysis.

[SrBrunox]

"...it is a sad day....for today is the day that a Superman died"

[YWD67]

Heroes never realy die.

[g-smooth2k]

R.I.P.

Christopher Reeve

Age 52

A great person and he'll be missed. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

NEWARK, N.J. - A company making a film directed by Christopher Reeve is vowing the animated feature about the New York Yankees will hit theaters in 2006.

The movie, tentatively titled "Yankee Irving," can move forward without Reeve because he had put in enough work over the last 18 months, IDT officials told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Tuesday's newspapers.

"The bulk of what he was doing as a director is fairly complete," Stephen Brown, chief financial officer of IDT.

Read entire story here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=1&u=/ap/20041012/ap_en_mo/reeve_last_film).

[SanDiegoKid]

... man, I Iose all hope whenever I stub my toe or get rained on... this guy was a real trooper. A fighter until the end. He spent a long time trying to not be type cast as Superman, when in the end that's exactly who and what he was. An awesome actor, and an awesome man.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Warner Bros. Pictures Casts Brandon Routh as Superman

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Brandon Routh, a 25-year-old native of Iowa with television and film acting experience, has been cast as The Man of Steel in the Studio's upcoming Superman epic, to be directed by Bryan Singer. The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production for Warner Bros. Pictures.

The untitled Superman movie is expected to begin principal photography in Australia early next year for release in summer, 2006. It is produced by Jon Peters, Bryan Singer and Gilbert Adler from a screenplay by Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris. No other casting has been announced.

Stated Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Bros., "We are so pleased to have put this extraordinary team of filmmakers and talent together and to be moving forward with a project we've all anticipated so much. I think we're going to make a Superman movie that all of us can be very proud to bring to our audience around the world."

Read entire story here (http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041021/216088_1.html).

[Mels_Smileys45]

I wish they would have used Kevin Smiths script for the the movie. He actually is a fairly good comic book writter.