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Topic: movies
It is a sad month for Hollywood. Last week Rodney Dangerfield died and, in my opinion, the SNL tribute was great. Now, Superman is dead: Christopher Reeves died yesterday. He was a Cornell Alum and, during his Senior year here, he was able to convince the dean to let him spend his Senior year at Julliard and still receive a Cornell Diploma. His roommate at Julliard was none other than the up and coming Robin Williams. According to all of the news reports, they were the best of friends. He graduated from both schools and became an actor. He was in some 1970s Soap Opera where he got picked up for the 1978 Superman movie. He starred in many more movies, some of then great and some flops. In 1995 he was thrown from his horse and was paralyzed. Once he established that he would survive, he began acting again. He was in a 1998 ABC remake of Rear Window which he directed. I saw it, and I thought he did a really awesome job. Most recently he was, appropriately, the advisor to young Superman in Smallville on the WB in the US.

He was 52.

"The one true superman has been taken from us but your red cape will fly again"
Steve Harley

Here is a link to the BBC news story on his death.