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"Christopher Reeve R.I.P."

I have just heard the sad news that Christopher Reeve has died of a heart attack in his New York home. Apparently he had a heart attack on Saturday and slipped into a coma, he died this morning.

Timmargh wrote:
> English_Bloke wrote:
> I have to disagree with you in part. While some of what the guy says
> is true, i.e. he wasn’t
> campaigning to help cure paralysis before his accident but did after;
> I still don’t accept that
> this makes him a “selfish a$$hole”?
>
> I know, I know. To be honest I don't really care either way, I just
> found it amusing.
>
> It's never good when anyone dies, celebrity or otherwise.

Unless it's a terrorist. Or a wabber.

Timmargh wrote:
> [URL]http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve[/URL]

i know it's probably wrong to have a bit of a smile at this, but i have to say that as much as it sucks that he died so early, and as much as superman 3 ruled, this page DOES raise some interesting points... it just presents them in a pretty crass manner.

English_Bloke wrote:
> I have to disagree with you in part. While some of what the guy says is true, i.e. he wasn’t
> campaigning to help cure paralysis before his accident but did after; I still don’t accept that
> this makes him a “selfish a$$hole”?

I know, I know. To be honest I don't really care either way, I just found it amusing.

It's never good when anyone dies, celebrity or otherwise.

Not anymore.

I'd class him in the same league as Alex Zanardi.. I'm really impressed by people who go through this sort of thing and can build themselves back up and keep mentally strong about it. Inspirational. I'm quite shocked, I gathered his quality of life was much improved but sadly not it seems.

Heh, the firs**t thing I did when I read the news was go to the Maddox website, but I think what he did is going to get a lot of hate mail.

Quite amazing that he got a small amount of feeling back, but with that amount of money and care, he s**tood a better chance of that happening than mos**t. Of course it's a shame for anybody to die that way, but did you ever see a picture of him not smiling? He came to terms with his accident and got his sh*t together. That sort of attitude doesn't rely on money. *sniff* poor Superman.

Timmargh wrote:
> Timmargh wrote:
> [URL]http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve[/URL]
>
> The Hibernator wrote:
> That's terrible.
>
> It's the truth.

I have to disagree with you in part. While some of what the guy says is true, i.e. he wasn’t campaigning to help cure paralysis before his accident but did after; I still don’t accept that this makes him a “selfish a$$hole”?

Scope wrote:
> Suddenly people give a sh*t and go on about how he was a
> "hero" jus**t because he was the firs**t Superman in a movie (I
> don't mean here I've been reading elsewhere)
> Anyway R.I.P I guess but I know nothing much about him at all and no
> I haven't seen the firs**t SuperMan movie but I would never take it as
> seriously as some places I've read..
> I'll have to read the papers but I doubt i'll find him that
> "hero" people have been calling him.

He was a hero in real-life because he was campaining to help find a cure for other paralysis victims.

Suddenly people give a sh*t and go on about how he was a "hero" jus**t because he was the firs**t Superman in a movie (I don't mean here I've been reading elsewhere)
Anyway R.I.P I guess but I know nothing much about him at all and no I haven't seen the firs**t SuperMan movie but I would never take it as seriously as some places I've read..
I'll have to read the papers but I doubt i'll find him that "hero" people have been calling him.

Heh, maddox wins again.