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Christopher Reeve - Dead at age 52!
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:25 am
by NAiLs
I don't know what to say... I'm awestruck...
Monday, October 11, 2004 Posted: 2:07 AM EDT
Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs, told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night.
Reeve was being treated at Northern Westchester Hospital for a pressure wound that he developed, a common complication for people living with paralysis. In the past week, the wound had become severely infected, resulting in a serious systemic infection.
Source: CNN
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:02 am
by Illuminati
Wow... I don't know what to say either. I'm sure the communities he was involved in will miss him dearly.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:12 am
by Amy
So, the article doesn't really say...was his cardiac arrest directly related to the infection or was that just a piece of useless information thrown out there?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:43 am
by Apoptosis
could have been from a number of things. more than likely they will never know.
I didn't expect to see that in the forums this morning.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:03 am
by Amy
Me, neither. I was definitely caught offguard.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:49 am
by infinitevalence
They are saying that the infection caused a blood clot that gave him the hart attack.
I have to say i am very sad that we have lost him, i for one was truly hoppeing that he would one day walk again. I read his biography several years ago and he was in many ways a very interesting and strong person. I can just hope that research, ie stem cell, can help people like Reeve overcome thier injuries.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:37 am
by grunt
Seems like it was just yesterday he got that injury, he did make a lot of noise about getting more done about research for such injuries. Like you said, I too always hoped he'd walk one day...
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:58 am
by Apoptosis
I have a feeling most of his estate will go to research to help others. Hopefully something good will come from his death. He sure did bring stem cell research to the public eye. Many props for that.