Dana Reeve Has passed
Dana Reeve Has passed
#0Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:26am
What a damn shame.
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Updated On: 3/7/06 at 08:26 AM
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NYadgal
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#1re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:29am
They just reported it on the Today Show.
She was 44.
Tragic
She is reunited with Christopher.
May they Rest in Peace.
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#2re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:30amI feel so bad for their boy.
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
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NYadgal
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#3re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:31am
I'm stunned.
It is heartbreaking.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#4re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:31am
CNN Link up now:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/03/07/obit.reeve.ap/index.html
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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#5re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:50am
"She will forever be an example of how to love and how to live, and how to do both with incomparable grace."
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 3/7/06 at 08:50 AM
#6re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 8:56amSuch sad news...I pray for her and those she left behind.
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#7re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:03am
She was a remarkable woman if for nothing else than this: while so many people abandoned their spouse during a true "in sickness and in health" catastrophy (and I won't sully the tribute to Dana by mentioning them), this wonder stayed by her man, fought tirelessly on his behalf, and was a real model for us all.
But, sometimes, it seems God has another plan. Perhaps, as I often think of people like this, she burned too quickly and too brightly and was called home.
#8re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:16amThis is absolutely heartbreaking! May she and her husband rest in peace.
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#9re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:20am
Sending much love and support to their son.
Very sad news this morning.
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#10re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:39amLovely thought, bway.
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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#11re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:46am
Thanks, girl, but it's true. I will admit not knowing much about her but I was always taken aback by her staunch support of her husband. We have so many examples of a sick spouse being abandoned. But she never did. If anything, she appeared to tie herself even more closely to him.
But, in the end, both her pain and Christopher's are over. I grieve more for their son than them now. They're together again.
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#12re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:49am
Dana Reeve was a constant companion and supporter of her husband during his long ordeal and his work for a cure for spinal cord injuries.
She was chairwoman of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, which funds research on paralysis and works to improve the life of the disabled. To date, it has awarded $55 million in research grants and $7.5 million in quality of life grants.
She was performing in the Broadway-bound play "Brooklyn Boy" in California when she had to streak home to reach her husband's bedside before he died. She gave up the role for the New York run.
Reeve also served on the boards of The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, TechHealth, and The Reeve-Irvine Center for Spinal Cord Research and as an advisory board member to the National Family Caregivers Association.
She received numerous awards for her work, including the Shining Example Award from Proctor & Gamble in 1998, an American Image Award from the AAFA in 2003. In 2005, the American Cancer Society named her Mother of the Year.
She made her time count.
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#13re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:51amThis is such sad news.
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#14re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 9:52am
Good lord, Addy. She did a lot. Like you said, she made her time count. I find myself reexamining my life and wondering just what the heck I'm doing.
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#15re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:01amMay she be free from pain, and be at peace, with Christopher again
#16re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:26am
She was a woman who rose to the terrible occasion presented to her and showed us all that by acting with grace and integrity in the face of tragedy and hardship, we can enoble ourselves and those around us.
Rest in peace, Dana and Christopher, and may your memories be for a blessing to your children.
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#17re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:34amOh my gosh, how sad! She was so young!
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#18re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:39am
I had no idea her cancer had advanced so rapidly.
What a sad thing for her son but she is with her beloved Christopher now.
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
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#19re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:43am
Sometimes life is just so very unfair.
I did not want to start my morning in tears, but now it is unavoidable.
May you and Chris celebrate your love forever.
#20re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:06am
Oh, wow. This is so sad. 
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#21re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:19amVery sad indeed that so much tragedy should befall one family. May she rest in peace.
#22re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:24amThis is deeply sad news. I wish strength and courage for their already brave son.
#23re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:54amI was so saddened by the news this morning. She was truly an exemplary woman, a great loss. I feel for their son.
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#24re: Dana Reeve Has passed
Posted: 3/7/06 at 12:58pmJust came across this on Yahoo, how very tragic...
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