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  1. May 29, 2023 · The actor was in prime fitness when he suffered a freak accident while competing in a showjumping competition on Memorial Day weekend in 1995. History explains that the experienced equestrian...

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

  3. Jan 8, 2020 · His health in a fragile state, 43-year-old Reeve came down with pneumonia, a urinary tract infection and ulcers in the days after his accident. After being transferred to New Jersey's Kessler...

  4. Jun 10, 2024 · Christopher Reeve’s life took a dramatic turn on May 27, 1995, when a tragic accident left him paralyzed from the neck down.

  5. Beginning in the 1980s, Reeve was an activist for environmental and human-rights causes and for artistic freedom of expression. After his accident, he lobbied for spinal injury research, including human embryonic stem cell research, and for better insurance coverage for people with disabilities.

  6. May 27, 2024 · Monday, May 27, marks 29 years since Christopher Reeve's devastating accident during an equestrian competition left him paralyzed, nine years before his death at age 52.

  7. Apr 4, 2024 · The end of "Superman" star Christopher Reeve's life was defined by a tragic accident from the mid-1990s. Here's what happened to the beloved actor.

  8. May 27, 1995 · On May 27, 1995, Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse, changing his life forever. He took the accident as the opportunity to advance spinal cord injury research and quality of life for...

  9. Jun 1, 1995 · Christopher Reeve, the star of four "Superman" movies, is paralyzed and cannot breathe on his own after shattering two spinal bones in a horse-riding accident, his surgeon said today. The...

  10. 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.