# Christopher Reeve dead at 52

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609 "2004-10-11T11:29:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609/1 "2004-10-11T11:29:39Z")

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[Goodbye, Superman.](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve.ap/index.html)

☹

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609/2 "2004-10-11T12:14:04Z")

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When I heard his name on NPR news this morning, I thought she was going to say he had taken his first step.

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609/3 "2004-10-11T12:35:49Z")

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For me he was Superman… on many levels.

I am seriously bummed. ☹

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**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609/4 "2004-10-11T14:41:00Z")

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“…Sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him.”

– Crash Test Dummies, _Superman’s Song_

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-reeve-dead-at-52/268609/5 "2004-10-11T16:53:40Z")

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He’s dead over in the Pit, General Questions and _twice_ in Cafe Society, too . . .