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Sept. 25, 2009
Obituaries
Actor Christopher Reeve, 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, died Sunday.
Oct. 12, 2004
Books
Only days after the accident, the letters started pouring in, thousands of letters, some addressed simply, “Superman, USA.”
Dec. 8, 1999
Science & Medicine
Christopher Reeve joined Joan Irvine Smith, UCI Chancellor Laurel Wilkening and about 500 other people Friday in dedicating the first of five buildings planned for the university’s biomedical research center.
Sept. 13, 1997
Archives
More than 300 guests turned out for the first Christopher Reeve Celebrity Polo Classic, bringing attention and funds for spinal-cord research.
July 23, 1996
California
The actor, who died Sunday, wowed O.C. heiress Joan Irvine Smith, who then helped start a spinal cord injury study center.
World & Nation
This obituary appeared in some editions of Monday’s Times.
Entertainment & Arts
The actor, 52, became a powerful advocate for research into spinal cord injuries after he was paralyzed in a horse- riding accident in 1995.
Oct. 11, 2004
When actor Christopher Reeve was critically injured last year in a riding competition, he joined the more than 12,000 people who suffer spinal cord injuries each year and the more than 250,000 Americans in total who have disabilities related to spinal cord injuries.
Feb. 28, 1996