Actor Christopher Reeve dies
Correspondent:: DrNerdware
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:15:03 +0100
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
80s, has died.
The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
coma, Mr Combs added.
Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
thrown from a horse.
He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in
a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
[rest omitted for brevity]
By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:11:43 -0700
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DrNerdware wrote:
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>
> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
> 80s, has died.
>
Another victim of the Mysterious SUPERMAN CURSE.
Correspondent:: "ghost"
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT
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"DrNerdware" wrote in message
news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>
> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
> 80s, has died.
>
> The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
> pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
>
> He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
> coma, Mr Combs added.
>
> Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
> thrown from a horse.
>
> He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
> years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
>
> He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
> Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in
> a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
>
> [rest omitted for brevity]
>
> By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
> and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
>
> This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
Reeve an actor.
Correspondent:: Zapanaz
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:22:09 -0700
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT, "ghost" wrote:
>
>"DrNerdware" wrote in message
>news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>>
>> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
>> 80s, has died.
>>
>> The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
>> pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
>>
>> He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
>> coma, Mr Combs added.
>>
>> Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
>> thrown from a horse.
>>
>> He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
>> years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
>>
>> He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
>> Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in
>> a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
>>
>> [rest omitted for brevity]
>>
>> By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
>> and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
>>
>> This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
>
>
>Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
>Reeve an actor.
>
Well, Superman he obviously wasn't.
--
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Correspondent:: Rev DJ Epoch
Date: 13 Oct 2004 12:16:01 GMT
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Zapanaz wrote in
news:tbipm09fcc0ehuejn2v75sihjgodbdrqt7@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT, "ghost" wrote:
>
>>
>>"DrNerdware" wrote in message
>>news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>>>
>>> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
>>> 80s, has died.
>>>
>>> The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
>>> pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
>>>
>>> He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
>>> coma, Mr Combs added.
>>>
>>> Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
>>> thrown from a horse.
>>>
>>> He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
>>> years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
>>>
>>> He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
>>> Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man
in
>>> a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
>>>
>>> [rest omitted for brevity]
>>>
>>> By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
>>> and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
>>>
>>> This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
>>
>>
>>Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
>>Reeve an actor.
>>
>
> Well, Superman he obviously wasn't.
>
>
Tell that to his accountant.
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Correspondent:: drdark@37.com (DoktorDark)
Date: 13 Oct 2004 13:15:53 -0700
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Rev DJ Epoch wrote in message news:...
> Zapanaz wrote in
> news:tbipm09fcc0ehuejn2v75sihjgodbdrqt7@4ax.com:
>
> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT, "ghost" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"DrNerdware" wrote in message
> >>news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
> >>>
> >>> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
> >>> 80s, has died.
> >>>
> >>> The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
> >>> pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
> >>>
> >>> He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
> >>> coma, Mr Combs added.
> >>>
> >>> Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
> >>> thrown from a horse.
> >>>
> >>> He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
> >>> years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
> >>>
> >>> He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
> >>> Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man
> in
> >>> a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
> >>>
> >>> [rest omitted for brevity]
> >>>
> >>> By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
> >>> and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
> >>>
> >>> This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
> >>
> >>
> >>Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
> >>Reeve an actor.
> >>
> >
> > Well, Superman he obviously wasn't.
> >
> >
>
> Tell that to his accountant.
Could kryptonite have been involved? Was is a kryptonite horseshoe? Or
a kryptonite credit card what done him in?
Correspondent:: Rev DJ Epoch
Date: 14 Oct 2004 11:53:19 GMT
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drdark@37.com (DoktorDark) wrote in
news:56be7db3.0410131215.42cbca07@posting.google.com:
> Rev DJ Epoch wrote in message
> news:...
>> Zapanaz wrote in
>> news:tbipm09fcc0ehuejn2v75sihjgodbdrqt7@4ax.com:
>>
>> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT, "ghost" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>"DrNerdware" wrote in message
>> >>news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>> >>>
>> >>> Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s
>> >>> and 80s, has died.
>> >>>
>> >>> The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of
>> >>> a pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs
>> >>> said.
>> >>>
>> >>> He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into
>> >>> a coma, Mr Combs added.
>> >>>
>> >>> Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after
>> >>> being thrown from a horse.
>> >>>
>> >>> He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In
>> >>> recent years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
>> >>>
>> >>> He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of
>> >>> Rear Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller
>> >>> about a man
>> in
>> >>> a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been
>> >>> murdered.
>> >>>
>> >>> [rest omitted for brevity]
>> >>>
>> >>> By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK
>> >>> TV) and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
>> >>>
>> >>> This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to
>> >>call Reeve an actor.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Well, Superman he obviously wasn't.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Tell that to his accountant.
>
> Could kryptonite have been involved? Was is a kryptonite horseshoe? Or
> a kryptonite credit card what done him in?
>
Let me tell ya, kryptonite bedsores are a BITCH!
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Correspondent:: hellpopehuey@subgenius.com (HellPopeHuey)
Date: 13 Oct 2004 09:43:18 -0700
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Zapanaz wrote in message news:...
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:29:59 GMT, "ghost" wrote:
> >Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
> >Reeve an actor.
> Well, Superman he obviously wasn't.
Oh, I dunno. I was mighty impressed with him in "Deathtrap" with
Michael Caine. He seemed more of a stage guy than a film guy to me. He
wasn't an "ideal" Superman, if we're even going to address such a
silly role, but he didn't tarnish the character ONE damned bit; he was
plausaible fun and that's plenty. You'll never hear his career spoken
of in hushed, reverential tones, true, but overall, he was a solid man
who even had the class to do a guest spot on "Smallville" as a Stephen
Hawking surrogate. That's rather cool. He kept acting, which is
laudable. He was a team player on the set, which has huge merits and
is part of why he kept finding acceptance for his post-trauma
projects.
It also took some brass ones to gather himself up and push for stem
cell research. God only knows how much focus it took to get past being
seriously pissed about his accident and be an actor of sorts, an
advocate and a mensch, simultaneously, locked into that damned chair.
He was even directing an animated feature when he died and it will be
finished because he was at it long enough to give it the impetus it
needed to hit the leaping-off point.
Nope, you can't say a bad word for a man who hangs in there like
that. Good show, Chris.
--
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Correspondent:: mshotz@aol.commonkeypo (Rev. Richard Skull)
Date: 14 Oct 2004 00:11:24 GMT
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>Oh, I dunno. I was mighty impressed with him in "Deathtrap" with
>Michael Caine. He seemed more of a stage guy than a film guy to me. He
>wasn't an "ideal" Superman, if we're even going to address such a
>silly role, but he didn't tarnish the character ONE damned bit; he was
>plausaible fun and that's plenty. You'll never hear his career spoken
>of in hushed, reverential tones, true, but overall, he was a solid man
>who even had the class to do a guest spot on "Smallville" as a Stephen
>Hawking surrogate. That's rather cool. He kept acting, which is
>laudable. He was a team player on the set, which has huge merits and
>is part of why he kept finding acceptance for his post-trauma
>projects.
>
> It also took some brass ones to gather himself up and push for stem
>cell research. God only knows how much focus it took to get past being
>seriously pissed about his accident and be an actor of sorts, an
>advocate and a mensch, simultaneously, locked into that damned chair.
>He was even directing an animated feature when he died and it will be
>finished because he was at it long enough to give it the impetus it
>needed to hit the leaping-off point.
>
> Nope, you can't say a bad word for a man who hangs in there like
>that. Good show, Chris.
>
>--
>
He was a sstage actor. His agent talked him into doing superman for the $$$$.
I remeber he was pretty good in Somewheres in Time. And Noises Off!
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Correspondent:: Rabbi Jacklyn Hyde
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:49:26 GMT
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ghost wrote:
> "DrNerdware" wrote in message
> news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
>>
>>Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
>>80s, has died.
>>
>>The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
>>pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
>>
>>He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
>>coma, Mr Combs added.
>>
>>Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
>>thrown from a horse.
>>
>>He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
>>years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
>>
>>He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
>>Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in
>>a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
>>
>>[rest omitted for brevity]
>>
>>By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
>>and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
>>
>>This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
>
>
>
> Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to call
> Reeve an actor.
>
>
You MUST see Deathtrap and Noises Off before you pass judgement.
Correspondent:: "ghost"
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:57:35 GMT
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"Rabbi Jacklyn Hyde" wrote in message
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> ghost wrote:
> > "DrNerdware" wrote in message
> > news:ckdfe7$rkr$1@blah.internal.blah...
> >
> >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/film/3732310.stm
> >>
> >>Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and
> >>80s, has died.
> >>
> >>The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a
> >>pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.
> >>
> >>He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a
> >>coma, Mr Combs added.
> >>
> >>Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being
> >>thrown from a horse.
> >>
> >>He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent
> >>years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.
> >>
> >>He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear
> >>Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in
> >>a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.
> >>
> >>[rest omitted for brevity]
> >>
> >>By coincidence, I was watching 'Gray Lady Down' yesterday (ITV1, UK TV)
> >>and spotted a very young, yet familiar, face. 1978, minor role.
> >>
> >>This morning, his death was headline news on BBC Radio Four.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to
call
> > Reeve an actor.
> >
> >
> You MUST see Deathtrap and Noises Off before you pass judgement.
I have seen 'em... I think he was a stiff.
Correspondent:: Rabbi Jacklyn Hyde
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:16:30 GMT
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ghost wrote:
> "Rabbi Jacklyn Hyde" wrote in message
> news:Gphbd.3020$Pd2.1189469@monger.newsread.com...
>
>>ghost wrote:
>>>Sorry he broke his neck and died and all, but it's a real stretch to
>
> call
>
>>>Reeve an actor.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You MUST see Deathtrap and Noises Off before you pass judgement.
>
>
> I have seen 'em... I think he was a stiff.
>
>
Well, NOW he is. I liked him an awful lot in both of those movies,
though. Not enough to throw ashes in my hair and beat my brow in
mourning, but enough to enjoy watching him in roles where he wasn't
wearing bright red boots.