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Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Reeve, known for his role as ``Superman'' in movies and later as an advocate for spinal cord research after a horse-riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago, died yesterday of heart failure. He was 52.
Reeve, who went into cardiac arrest Oct. 9 at his Pound Ridge, New York, home, fell into a coma and died at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, without regaining consciousness, his publicist Wesley Comb said in a statement. Reeve's family was with him, Comb said.
The 6-foot-4-inch actor with striking good looks and athletic physique became famous for his role as the comic book superhero who goes through life as newspaper reporter Clark Kent. He played Superman in four movies, from 1978 through 1987.
Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 after he fell from a horse. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to talk, Reeve became a leading crusader for research into spinal cord injuries. At a press conference last year, Reeve said it was unsettling how politics has stood in the way of medical research in the U.S.
In last week's debate against President George W. Bush, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry cited Reeve as a supporter of controversial stem-cell research.
Kerry Comments
``We lost a man who was truly America's hero,'' Kerry said today in a statement. ``He was an inspiration to all of us and gave hope to millions of Americans who are counting on the life- saving cures that science and research can provide.''
``He met every challenge with a courage and character that broke new ground in this struggle,'' Kerry said. ``Because he had the strength to carry this cause, I know one day that we will realize that inevitable dream.''
In 2002, Reeve helped set up the Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center in New Jersey to help provide information for paralyzed people and those caring for them.
``I'm heartbroken that he will not have the opportunity to benefit from some of the therapies he pushed so hard for,'' Dr. Wise Young of Rutgers University, a spinal-cord researcher who treated Reeve, said in an interview with Cable News Network. ``He was first and foremost an advocate for hope and a cure for spinal- cord injury.''
``Those of us who knew him well knew what a deep and strong and gifted guy he was,'' Harold Guskin, Reeve's acting coach and friend, said in an interview on Cable News Network today. ``When the accident happened, the world started to know Chris the way I had known him, as this incredible, strong, caring, deep person who wasn't going to give in to anything.''
Born in New York
Christopher Reeve was born Sept. 25, 1952, in New York City, the son of Barbara Johnson, a journalist, and Franklin Reeve, a writer and professor of Slavic languages at Columbia University.
When he was four, Reeve's parents divorced. His mother moved Christopher and his younger brother Benjamin to Princeton, New Jersey, where she later married investment banker Tristam Johnson. The boys attended the exclusive private Princeton Day School.
Reeve, who went into cardiac arrest Oct. 9 at his Pound Ridge, New York, home, fell into a coma and died at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, without regaining consciousness, his publicist Wesley Comb said in a statement. Reeve's family was with him, Comb said.
The 6-foot-4-inch actor with striking good looks and athletic physique became famous for his role as the comic book superhero who goes through life as newspaper reporter Clark Kent. He played Superman in four movies, from 1978 through 1987.
Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 after he fell from a horse. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to talk, Reeve became a leading crusader for research into spinal cord injuries. At a press conference last year, Reeve said it was unsettling how politics has stood in the way of medical research in the U.S.
In last week's debate against President George W. Bush, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry cited Reeve as a supporter of controversial stem-cell research.
Kerry Comments
``We lost a man who was truly America's hero,'' Kerry said today in a statement. ``He was an inspiration to all of us and gave hope to millions of Americans who are counting on the life- saving cures that science and research can provide.''
``He met every challenge with a courage and character that broke new ground in this struggle,'' Kerry said. ``Because he had the strength to carry this cause, I know one day that we will realize that inevitable dream.''
In 2002, Reeve helped set up the Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center in New Jersey to help provide information for paralyzed people and those caring for them.
``I'm heartbroken that he will not have the opportunity to benefit from some of the therapies he pushed so hard for,'' Dr. Wise Young of Rutgers University, a spinal-cord researcher who treated Reeve, said in an interview with Cable News Network. ``He was first and foremost an advocate for hope and a cure for spinal- cord injury.''
``Those of us who knew him well knew what a deep and strong and gifted guy he was,'' Harold Guskin, Reeve's acting coach and friend, said in an interview on Cable News Network today. ``When the accident happened, the world started to know Chris the way I had known him, as this incredible, strong, caring, deep person who wasn't going to give in to anything.''
Born in New York
Christopher Reeve was born Sept. 25, 1952, in New York City, the son of Barbara Johnson, a journalist, and Franklin Reeve, a writer and professor of Slavic languages at Columbia University.
When he was four, Reeve's parents divorced. His mother moved Christopher and his younger brother Benjamin to Princeton, New Jersey, where she later married investment banker Tristam Johnson. The boys attended the exclusive private Princeton Day School.
