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  1. Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, author, and activist, best known for playing the title character in the film Superman (1978) and its three sequels.

  2. Nov 13, 2009 · Superman Christopher Reeve dies at age 52. On October 10, 2004, the actor Christopher Reeve, who became famous for his starring role in four Superman films, dies from heart failure at the...

  3. Jul 17, 2024 · Injury and Paralysis. In May 1995 Reeve became paralyzed from the neck down when he sustained a severe cervical spinal injury in a horse-riding accident.

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  4. Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping “Superman” of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52.

  5. Oct 12, 2004 · Christopher Reeve, the cinematic Superman who became a real-life inspiration through his painstaking efforts to overcome total paralysis, while speaking out for stem-cell research and other...

  6. Oct 11, 2004 · Actor Christopher Reeve, the star of the “Superman” movies who became even more famous as an advocate for the disabled after he was paralyzed from the neck down in a 1995 horseback riding accident,...

  7. Oct 11, 2004 · Superman star Christopher Reeve, who lobbied for medical research after being paralysed in a fall nine years ago, has died aged 52. He had been suffering from an infection as a result of a...