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RIP Superman

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it's very sad news,
goodbye Superman


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Chris Reeeve was trying to raise money for medical research for SCI and other nerve tissue related injuries and diseases. He lobbies the government for SCI research funding and funding for for stem cell research. The actor, who found film fame as "Superman," had told Britain's Guardian newspaper the Bush Administration had caved in on the issue of embryonic stem cell research .

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he had some right-wing ideas on stopping stem cell research

Reeve, paralyzed seven years ago when he was thrown from his horse, said he was "angry, and disappointed," that Bush had hampered developments in stem cell research which might have led to human trials aimed at rebuilding the nervous systems of quadriplegics.

"I think we could have been much further along with scientific research than we actually are," he said.


"There are religious groups -- the Jehovah's Witness, I believe -- who think it's a sin to have a blood transfusion. Well, what if the president for some reason decided to listen to them, instead of to the Pope, which is the group he really listens to in making his decisions about embryonic stem cell research ? Reeve was saying.

From what I have read about him, Christopher Reeve was politically active in high school, protesting the Vietnam War then went to Cornell and became involved in environmental issues as well. As an adult, he has championed First Amendment issues and funding for the arts, and is active in Amnesty International, Save the Children, The National Resources Defense Council, The Lindbergh Foundation and others

Embryonic stem cell researchers hope these microscopic blobs might be coaxed to grow into healthy aortas for people with heart disease, and into pristine spinal chords for the actor Christopher Reeves, whose backbone was shattered in accident, leaving him paralyzed.
Geroge Bush had rejected the views of a large majority in the Senate, his health senator (Bill Frist of Tennessee), Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, former First Lady Nancy Reagan and actor Christopher Reeves. They all favored limited research on cells

Reeve was wonderfully active in groups like save the children he was a fantastic actor and filled the starring role of 'Superman' , I think his best film may have been Superman-2 but he also starred in other good movies like Village of the Damned , Speechless and Above Suspicion

he will be sadly missed

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Originally posted by maugwai:
First Rodney Dangerfield, now Christopher Reeve. It's been a sad week for entertainment. I was always looking forward to when Reev would walk again. He seemed so certain that he could do it.



"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

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