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[laogaiguk]

url=http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1141733240990&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News]Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher, dies[/url]

I had a massive amount of respect for Christopher Reeve, and just as much if not more for his wife who stuck with him through everything. Can you imagine what the 13 year old child must be going through right now? Just Christopher being paralyzed was bad enough, but then later dying early. And after that, his mother dying early too (less than 2 years later). My condolences go out to all the family, but I feel horrible for their son

[JAWINSEOUL]

My purpose for responding is not to be argumentative or to belittle the effect her death on society.

That being said, I��m not particularly inclined to mourn her or Christopher Reeves death and more than that of a vagrant.

People use phrases like��.she was good person or he was caring. Why do people pretend to know the character or motives of television personalities? Most appearances made by celebrities are not only scripted but coached by PR professionals.

I may miss superman, and Jack Tripper, and Mr. Ferley (of which I posted a message), but this should not be any more pronounced that that of then the Death of Kenny from South park.

I do mourn the single human life that is lost, I ��I sure the people that know them and are related to them will miss them.

[laogaiguk]

[JAWINSEOUL]

That was my point; people with personal interest in their life will miss them. There is a difference between feeling bad for a kid and mourning the parent��s death. And although I feel bad for the kid, he is one of millions of orphaned kids of which 99% who won��t make the press. He deserves no more pity or thought than those children.

TV is fake ��we need to stay in the real world.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I'm inclined to agree with Jawinseoul.

Car wrecks, other accidents, death from illness, even most murders, are personal/family tragedies. They are not news. News is something that affects a large number of people. Gossip, while it may be interesting, is also not news.

[vox]

Celebrities' misfortunes do get a disproportionate amount of public attention, but when they make their tragedy part of their public life as Christopher Reeve did with the issues surrounding research for nerve regeneration, they also serve to bring visibility to an issue. I side with the OP. This is one sad story that just tugs at the heart.

I heard or saw once on a documentary that there is a hospital in Israel where if you have had your back broken and are flown there within 14 days of your paralysis, they can actually fix it and you can walk again. Apparently they can't work with peope damaged beyond this length. If it's really true, I don't know why they aren't pressured to share their information with the world community. Maybe somebody has the specifics...?

[laogaiguk]

[Gopher]

Christopher Reeve's legacy was an extremely positive message of hope. He never gave up on being able to walk again, no matter what everyone else who knew better was telling him.

Celebrity or commoner or whatever else, I don't know of any other example such as his.

Dana Reeve's legacy was hardly less positive. She stood by her husband until the end, and that should not be dismissed as so common.

Together they left one hell of a research legacy behind them, as NPR reminds us, and we cannot yet judge how many people this legacy has impacted because it is ongoing...These are inspiring acts and examples of volition, by the way, that should not be dismissed simply because Christopher Reeve was famous in his time. Some of the people on this board are far too consumed by their antiEstablishment tendencies.

Click the link and listen if you have the time.

[ChimpumCallao]

the reason this is big news is because her husband was a famous guy who suffered from a horrible tragedy.

that said. it is a horrible thing, especially for their 13 year old son. to see both their parents die slow painful deaths must have been heartbreaking...and at that age a child really needs their parents. poor kid. really. famous, rich or whatever. i wouldnt wish that on anyone.

[gypsyfish]

[Reflections]

So what?

[Kuros]