Eighteen facts about Christopher Reeve
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- Christopher Reeve was born on September 25, 1952, in New York City.
- Christopher Reevewas a famous American actor, director, producer and writer.
- On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from his horse in an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life.
- Christopher was a student at one time at Cornell University.
- Christopher Reeve made his debut with a small part in "Gray Lady Dawn" (1977).
- "Superman" was the film that made Christopher Reeve one of the most famous actors in Hollywood.
- To get the main part of that film, Christopher Reeve had to defeat great names of the big screen of all the times, such as: Robert Redford, Sylvester Stallone and Clint Eastwood.
- After starring in Richard Donnol's super-movie, he wrote the script for Superman IV in 1987.
- Reeve married Dana Morosini in April 1992, and they had a son, William, born that June. Reeve had two children, Matthew (born 1979) and Alexandra (born 1983), from his previous relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Gae Exton.
- Christopher Reeve lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward.
- Christopher Reeve was posthumously awarded an honorary degree at Stony Brook University's commencement on May 20, 2005.
- Christopher learned to communicate via a computer with an attachment which he controlled by his mouth.
- Friends and family of the late actor gathered on October 29, 2004 at his alma mater, the famed Julliard School in New York, to pay tribute to him.
- His wife Dana Reeve died of lung cancer on March 6, 2006. She was a non-smoker.
- Christopher was a licensed pilot and loved to fly.
- Christopher Reeve was the speaker at the 2004 Middlebury College commencement.
- Christopher's height was 6’ 4” (1.93 m).
- Christopher was cremated and his ashes were scattered.
