ARNOLD AND FANS REMEMBERING TWO SUPER MEN!
C. Reeve and R. Dangerfield get respect!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Monday, October 11, 2004

Christopher Reeves, the man of steel who inspired a world to believe that a paralyzed man could walk again, died Sunday at a New York hospital, his publicist announced. He was 52.

Reeve, immobilized from the neck down in a 1995 horse-riding accident, fell into a coma Saturday at his New York home after experiencing cardiac arrest. The film star was transported to the hospital, but never regained consciousness. His death, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, was described as sudden.

In a statement, Reeve's wife, Dana Reeve, thanked the hospital and the family's staff of nurses and aides--"as well as the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."

According to his publicist, Reeve had been troubled of late by a pressure wound that became severely infected. A pressure wound is a skin ulcer - a common complication for persons confined to bed or unable to move on their own.

As late as last Tuesday, Reeve was on the road, in Chicago, for the cause he made his own in the last decade of his life: Spinal cord injury research.