| Monday, October 11, 2004 |
| Superman Christopher Reeve hangs up his constume forever |
Goodbye, Superman.
I remember him more for this role as a a man in a wheelchair obsessively convinced that a neighbour has been murdered, in a 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window than for his role as Superman. Perhaps, the role was so memorable only because I knew that this was Superman, now paralysed, acting out his own routine days.
In the nine years since his accident, he made personal progress to regain some feeling, established the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, a non-profit research organization, and used his fame to raise millions of dollars for research into spinal cord injuries.
He also provided hope and inspiration to other patients and lobbied for scientists to be allowed to conduct stem cell research in the hopes of eventually curing paralysis and other illnesses such as diabetes and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Once a hero, always a hero.
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i reall miss him and he is really hot i love his movies
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i reall miss him and he is really hot i love his movies