Actor, Christopher Reeves Has Past Away

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By Chris Michaud

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, paralyzed when he fell from a horse nine years ago, has died in a New York hospital of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday.

Reeve, 52, went into a coma on Saturday when he suffered a heart attack during treatment for an infected pressure wound and died in Northern Westchester Hospital on Sunday afternoon without regaining consciousness, publicist Wesley Combs told reporters.

Reeve's wife Dana issued a statement thanking "the millions of fans around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."

Reeve, confined to a wheelchair since his riding accident in 1995, had in recent years campaigned for the rights of the disabled and for stepped-up research into the treatment of spinal cord injuries.

Reeve's family asked that donations be made in his honor to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, formed in 1999 to boost collaboration between experts working on treatments for spinal cord damage.

An accomplished rider who owned several horses, Reeve suffered multiple injuries including two shattered neck vertebrae when he was thrown from his horse at an equestrian event in Commonwealth Park in Virginia.

Doctors initially predicted that he would never have any feeling or movement below his head. But his foundation's Web site, www.ChristopherReeve.org, said he had experienced a degree of recovery that his doctors considered "remarkable."

[Ajarn]

has died in a New York hospital of heart failure

Hmmm... Years ago, a US newspaper editor told me that 'heart failure' is used in news reports where the actual cause of death is unknown- or someone doesn't want to publicize the real cause of death....The reasoning is that everyone dies of 'heart failure', so it seems to answer the public's 'right to know', and still sounds like they're being truthfull in reporting the news...

And no, I'm not suggesting a conspiracy, just pointing out an item of curiousity...

[Girlfrombar]

'Somewhere in time' is my all time favourite of his film since i was kid

and believe it or not

i just replayed this movie last week!

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Somewhere in time

Somewhere in time, we met on timeless hills...

and in the evening midst we kissed, and time stood still;

Before the dawn, we found forever...

moments are timeless when I feel your caress;

Love never goes...once it has touched your heart...

just like the scent of wine, that's left as two lips part;

The taste of love will linger after...

I find a meaning now in all that I see;

You're always here inside of me and...

I know where love is true, it's always with you;

Somewhere in time, I came to realize LOVE NEVER GOES

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We'll be missing you.

[davethailand]

very very sad, he was my hero when i was a kid.

an example of how life can really suck at times.