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Christopher D'Olier Reeve [1] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series (1978–1987).
The story is presented in a non-linear narrative, alternating between before and after Reeve's horse-riding accident. Reeve has a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing at a young age and his family tree being complicated due to his parents' several remarriages, and he has a particularly strained relationship with his father, Franklin.
The "curse" is frequently associated with George Reeves, who starred in Adventures of Superman on television from 1952 to 1958, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 45; [2] and Christopher Reeve, the portrayer of the superhero in four theatrical films from 1978 to 1987, who was paralyzed in a 1995 horseback riding accident, and ...
On May 27, 1995, Reeve suffered a life-changing accident during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Va. Reeve was thrown from his horse and landed on his head, resulting in a severe spinal cord ...
After a fall from a horse left him paralyzed from the neck down in 1995, Superman actor Christopher Reeve's loved ones say the one thing he didn't do was give in to wallowing in self-pity ...
Christopher Reeve's children are recalling the first time they spoke to their dad after his life-altering 1995 equestrian accident that left him paralyzed.. Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve Givens ...
Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse-riding accident in 1995, recalls in documentary footage that he wanted to die before seven words from his wife ...
Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor, paralyzed on May 27, 1995 from the neck down following a fall from his horse while riding cross-country in a 3-day event. Kazu Makino (b. 1969), a rock singer, suffered an accident falling from a horse in 2002; the horse trampled her jaw and crushed her facial bones, which required massive reconstructive ...