The foundation Reeve started, later renamed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation ... The day before he died, Reeve “spent his last day of consciousness doing what he loved to do ...

According to producer Pierre Spengler, Christopher Reeve was ultimately cast as Superman because he had a particular quality ...

Under his leadership, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation became a leading force in spinal cord injury research. Tragically, Reeve died from heart failure in October 2004 at age 52.

Seventeen months after losing his dad, Christopher Reeve, to heart failure, Will's mother, Dana, died of cancer. Here's what happened to the young teen next Tiffany Burke/IndieWire via Getty ...

and then died, all by the time I’m 13," says Reeve. "That’s abnormal." Reeve of course is speaking of his father, famed ...

Then, in 2004, Christopher Reeve died unexpectedly due to heart failure. In addition to his children, by the actor’s side from his accident to his death was his beloved wife Dana Reeve ...

Dana and Christopher Reeve married in 1992. The actor died in 2004 due to heart failure, and she died in 2006 of lung cancer. - Courtesy Max The “Superman” actor died at age 52 in 2004 due to ...

He then went into cardiac arrest and died, according to a 2004 New York Times report. Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve's wife, died on March 6, 2006, at the age of 44 from lung cancer, CBS News reported.

In this striking photo by Herb Ritts, Christopher Reeve poses in his wheelchair. He was injured in a horse-riding accident and died in 2004 at age 52. "Yes, but they would have teased me as well ...

At Christopher Reeve’s funeral, his wife, Dana, spoke of this very love, one that sat side by side with her grief. “I promised to love honor and cherish him till death did us part. Well ...

The actor died in 2004 at age 52 ... (He's also on the board of directors, along with his siblings, of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which focuses on disability rights and research.) ...