{"id":96192,"date":"2022-10-12T04:27:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-unfortunate-story-of-christopher-reeve-the-superman-of-flesh-and-blood\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T04:27:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:57:48","slug":"the-unfortunate-story-of-christopher-reeve-the-superman-of-flesh-and-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-unfortunate-story-of-christopher-reeve-the-superman-of-flesh-and-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"The unfortunate story of Christopher Reeve, the “Superman of flesh and blood”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\t\t\t\t\tReeve wrote two books about his life experiences and continued his acting career.\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\t\t\t\tPhoto: D. Morrison\/Daily Express\/Hulton Archive \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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On October 10, 2004, the actor Christopher Reeve<\/strong>who became famous for his starring role in four Superman movies, died of heart failure at the age of 52 at a hospital near his home in Westchester County, New York.<\/p>\n

The actor was born on September 25, 1952 in New York City and graduated from Cornell University and the Juilliard School. He made his Broadway debut <\/strong>in 1976 in A Matter of Gravity, starring Katharine Hepburn. <\/p>\n

The 6’4\u201d actor rose to fame in 1978, when was selected among 200 other actors <\/strong>for the lead role in Superman. Although he would play the action hero in three more films, Reeve was determined to \u201cescape the cape\u201d and avoid being pigeonholed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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As a result, he took on a variety of roles on stage and screen. Her film credits include Somewhere in Time (1980), Deathtrap (1983), The Remains of the Day (1993), and Village of the Damned (1995).<\/p>\n

On May 27, 1995, Reeve, a strong athlete and avid horseman, was paralyzed from the neck down <\/strong>after he was thrown from his horse and broke his neck during an equestrian competition in Virginia. <\/p>\n

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