Actor, Stem Cell Research Advocate Dead at 52
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Actor Christopher Reeve died at 5:30 pm Sunday of heart failure at the age of 52, after falling into a coma on Saturday. A press release said Reeve was being treated for an infected
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Ancel Keys, the University of Minnesota scientist who invented the K ration diet used by soldiers in World War II and who linked high cholesterol and fatty diets to heart disease, has died at the age of 100.
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Christopher Reeve, the screen and stage actor who starred in &quot;Superman&quot; films and who became an international advocate for spinal cord research after a near-fatal equestrian accident nine years ago in Culpeper, Va.
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&quot;Superman&quot; actor Christopher Reeve, paralyzed when he fell from a horse nine years ago, has died in a New York hospital of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday.
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Christopher Reeve, the actor whose work on soaps and on stage was eclipsed when he played the Man of Steel in the motion picture &quot;Superman,&quot; and its sequels, died of heart failure Oct. 10 in a Mount Kisco, NY, hospital.
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Oct. 11, 2004 - Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who showed the world Herculean bravery after a near-fatal spinal cord injury, died Sunday of heart failure.
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The actor who became famous playing Superman, then turned into an icon for quadraplegics after he was left paralysed by a 1995 riding accident, died of a heart attack at his home on Sunday night.
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James LeVoy Sorenson, the 86-year-old founder of Sorenson Squeeze digital video compression and encoding technology, dies of cancer.
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Actor and activist Christopher Reeve has died of heart failure after going into cardiac arrest. Reeve was best known for his role as Superman in four hit movies.
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Although he will always be remembered for portraying &quot;Superman,&quot; the greatest role of actor Christopher Reeve&#39;s life was as a champion of sufferers of spinal cord injuries and an advocate of stem cell research.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a groundbreaking cancer researcher whose work cured the disease in mice and gave hope for a cure in humans, has died
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WASHINGTON -- The death of actor Christopher Reeve is reverberating through the presidential campaign as both sides tussle over the issue of stem-cell research.
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Stem-cell research is likely to take the stage again in the third and final presidential debate Wednesday at Arizona State University now that one of the most recognizable faces for the cause has died.
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US actor Glenn Ford, who starred in dozens of films in a 53-year career, dies at his home in Beverly Hills.
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US President George W Bush led the tributes to Superman star Christopher Reeve, whose death was announced on Sunday. Reeve, 52, died in hospital after suffering a heart attack and was immediately remembered
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a groundbreaking researcher who worked to cut off cancer from its blood supply, curing the disease in mice and giving humans hope for a cure, has died. He was 74.
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Conservative Christian groups said they fear the issue of embryonic stem-cell research will be further politicized after the death of actor Christopher Reeve, an outspoken advocate of the research.