# Say, did anyone hear Christopher Reeve died? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667 "2004-10-11T17:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/41 "2004-10-12T13:20:14Z")
> [@Desmostylus](#): > > Um, so the answer to **blowero** ’s question is “no”? As far as I know. We will have to keep the situation monitored, however. If his health deteriorates it might be an idea to start a new thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/42 "2004-10-12T13:33:38Z")
Or maybe even two. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/43 "2004-10-12T13:34:14Z")
I wonder if there’s a guy name Chris Toferies out in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/44 "2004-10-12T17:12:06Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > I wonder if there’s a guy name Chris Toferies out in the world. [Chris Toferies](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Chris+Toferies&btnG=Google+Search) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/45 "2004-10-12T18:53:47Z")
There was this actor, named Christopher Reeve. I hear he wasn’t doing so well. How is he? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/46 "2004-10-12T19:37:48Z")
Awesome! He’s been doing a lot of stumping for the Kerry campaign the last coupla days. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/47 "2004-10-12T20:01:54Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > There was this actor, named Christopher Reeve. I hear he wasn’t doing so well. How is he? I heard he fell off his horse and got hurt. I don’t think it’s too serious, though. ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/48 "2004-10-12T20:04:46Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > But we forgot to start: > > Great Debates: “Would someone less wealthy than Christopher Reeve have lived this long?” > > \ I know this thread is tongue-in-cheek, but the answer to this question is easy. Lots do. Someone with Reeve’s injury level would be expected to have a shortened life but much longer than he did, estimated to be around mid-60s. It’s unfortunate, but it sounds like he died of a common, preventable secondary complication of SCI – sepsis secondary to a pressure wound. And with all the care he had at his disposal that boggles my mind. I have to remind myself, though, that I don’t know the details…but it is hard not to make that connection. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/49 "2004-10-12T20:07:05Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > I heard he fell off his horse and got hurt. I don’t think it’s too serious, though. Wait a minute, wait a minute. He fell off a horse? When was this? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/50 "2004-10-12T20:11:02Z")
Is the horse ok? ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/51 "2004-10-12T20:14:43Z")
Christopher Reeves does not ride horses. He never fell off a horse. If you want to continue this discussion then I suggest you start a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/52 "2004-10-12T20:44:02Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > HIS NAME WAS **PEACHES**! > > Mega points to anyone who gets that reference. 4 Women, Nina Simone? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/53 "2004-10-12T20:55:30Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Is the horse ok? Nope. It died. They buried it on top of Catherine the Great’s tomb. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/54 "2004-10-13T00:10:11Z")
Just checking-we’re in The BBQ Pit, right? **SUPERMAN V** “_You Will Believe A Man Can Die._” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/55 "2004-10-13T01:47:15Z")
Damn you, **Czarcasm**! I’m off to start a Pit thread about you!!! – Uke, the cuddliest Mod ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/56 "2004-10-13T04:30:49Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Damn you, **Czarcasm**! I’m off to start a Pit thread about you!!! > > – Uke, the cuddliest Mod Yeah, join the club. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667/57 "2004-10-13T04:43:21Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Honest question here. Why does the death of a celebrity (which is already covered by a thread in CS) need a MPSIMS thread? Not everyone visits CS on a regular basis. I only go there a few times a month, and I’m pretty sure I’m not the only doper who has faves among the forums. So I’d be likely to see it in MPSIMS, but I wouldn’t have known that it was in CS since I go there so rarely. What’s the big deal anyway? We’ve had these “why post 400 threads on XYZ when it’s already covered in forum 1, and forum 2”? whines before and not just about celebrity deaths. So what if someone posts another thread? Not everyone saw the “it’s already POSTED in CS dork!!!” thread in CS you know? I just got through moving, and just got back online and stuff, so I didn’t find out through Cafe Society OR MPSIMS, I found out through the good ole BBQ Pit (hmmmm, that’s three threads on the subject now, and so far the sky hasn’t fallen). Sheesh, doncchuuu guys have something better to do than whine about who is posting what thread? By the way, shame about it anyway, I just watched a 60 minutes (or maybe 48 hours on his progress and thought that he was doing well). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-did-anyone-hear-christopher-reeve-died/268667.md?page=2)