chris reeve dead at 52 :(

[astroglide]

lapsed into a coma and died. i would have loved to see him walk again. science just lost a great advocate.

[Dynasty]

It appears this is only being reported by www.drudgereport.com. (http://www.drudgereport.com.)

Still, I don't think Drudge is putting this story up without having one reliable source.

[astroglide]

front page of cnn, i don't read drudge

[Dynasty]

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front page of cnn, i don't read drudge

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For about an hour, it was just Drudge. Foxnews.com has in now too. I'm sure it's all over the place.

[bwana devil]

wow. Didn't think I'd get my news from here. Thanks for the post.

When he injured himself, I worked at a head-injured residential treatment center which had many of his needs. Hopefully, stem-cell research will address his needs and provide society with the needed technology.

Vote your heart.

bwana

[astroglide]

it's just really unfucking fair. he should have been the first to walk again or get to die trying.

[wacki]

Reeve's will never get the chance to be as luck as this rat.

30 seconds paralyzed, then 30 seconds cured. (http://www.pnas.org/content/vol0/issue2002/images/data/052678899/DC1/6788Movie1.mov)

It's such a shame.

Heres a paper on it.

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/99/5/3024

[wacki]

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it's just really unfucking fair. he should have been the first to walk again or get to die trying.

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Agreed. It sucks there isn't more research being done in this area.

[astroglide]

if the discussion here gets too stem-celly there should probably be a fork in the politics forum

[KingMarc]

Reeve was a truely great model..someone who refused to give up, no matter how hard things seemed. I will never forget him.

[BusterStacks]

heh, so the rest of his body finally caught up to his legs? Too soon?

[gabyyyyy]

Rest in Peace.

[Eihli]

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve

[ChristinaB]

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I wish Reeve had recorded a Kerry ad. Getting Kerry elected and scientific research boosted could be his legacy. For the record, Reeve was a strong Democrat supporter.

[wacki]

it isn't that simple.


Article (http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,65220,00.html?tw=rss.TOP)

[andyfox]

Thinking about Reeve and Ken Caminiti, kind of makes you count your blessings.

[Senor Choppy]

I think it's more unfair for the other unknowns suffering from the same condition than for Reeve himself.

This isn't directed at anyone in particular, but I think people are too quick to attribute heroic characteristics to celebrities like Reeve and Fox when the work they do seems motivated by self-interest.

I think Christopher Reeve championing breast cancer would've truly made the guy a world class human being.

[Shilly]

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Maddox just doesn't know when to quit...

[ThaSaltCracka]

he is right(in some ways) though.

[El Barto]

Pardon my ignorance, but other than his role as Superman and a string of TV movies and B flicks, what films did Reeve do?

I can't think of anything.

[astroglide]

I think it's more unfair for the other unknowns suffering from the same condition than for Reeve himself.

me too, very much so. it is easy for a victim of something to champion it but he really did make a difference in the field / made a public impression / etc. a well-liked celebrity coming down with a given thing is probably the best thing that can happen toward making a cure. in this case he was championing treatment methods which should be much more far-reaching in terms of scope.

[CCass]

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Pardon my ignorance, but other than his role as Superman and a string of TV movies and B flicks, what films did Reeve do?

I can't think of anything.

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Deathtrap also starring Michael Caine was a great movie.

[Blarg]

Yes, it really was. Truly excellent.

Street Smart, with Morgan Freeman playing a pimp vs. Reeves' uptight clean cut white boy, was very good; Siskel & Ebert loved it but IMDB has little to say about it that isn't negative.

Somewhere in Time is fondly remembered by a lot of people -- didn't see it myself, not that much into romantic films.

[ArchAngel71857]

Noises Off.

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