Actor Christopher Reeve dies

Actor Christopher Reeve, star of the Superman films of the 1970s and 80s, has died.

The 52-year-old had been suffering from an infection as a result of a pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist Wesley Combs said.

He suffered a cardiac arrest at his New York home and slipped into a coma, Mr Combs added.

Reeve was paralysed nine years ago when he broke his neck after being thrown from a horse.

He later became an advocate for spinal cord injury research. In recent years, he had regained sensation in some parts of his body.

He had also returned to acting, appearing in a 1998 production of Rear Window, a modern version of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a man in a wheelchair who becomes convinced that a neighbour has been murdered.

The role won him a Screen Actors Guild award.

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I personally will miss this fine example of a human being, who was an inspiration to so many with his courage and determination not to let anything get in the way of his living life to the full. A sad day indeed.

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