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After Reeve's death in October 2004, his widow, Dana Reeve, assumed the chairmanship of the Foundation. Dana Reeve herself died 17 months later, in March 2006, of lung cancer. [7] On March 11, 2007, the Foundation announced that it had changed its name to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the first anniversary of Dana Reeve's death. [8 ...
Reeve's widow, Dana, headed the Christopher Reeve Foundation after his death. Although a non-smoker, she was diagnosed with lung cancer on August 9, 2005. She died at age 44 on March 6, 2006, [ 253 ] and the foundation was subsequently renamed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation . [ 254 ]
The Reeves eventually joined forces with the American Paralysis Association to create the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher’s journey and work after the accident is now the ...
On March 11, 2007, the Christopher Reeve Foundation, which Dana chaired after her husband, Christopher Reeve, died in October 2004, [17] announced that it had changed its name to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the first anniversary of her death. [19]
In a letter to fellow caregivers that still exists on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's website, she wrote, "After my husband Christopher was injured, it became obvious that paralysis is a ...
Under his leadership, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation became a leading force in spinal cord injury research. Tragically, Reeve died from heart failure in October 2004 at age 52.
EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), today announces a grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to support expansion of an ongoing early clinical ...
After becoming a quadriplegic, Reeve and his family were shocked at the lack of resources for people with disabilities and started the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to help improve quality of life and fund research for a cure for people with spinal cord injuries.