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Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor who was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse-riding accident in 1995, recalls in documentary footage that he wanted to die before seven words from his wife Dana changed his perspective.
In the trailer for Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Reeve, who died in 2004 at age 52, says that during his initial recovery period he thought: “I ruined my life and everybody else’s. I won’t be able to ski, sail, throw a ball to Will. Won’t be able to make love to Dana. Maybe we should let me go.’”
He adds: “And then she said the words that saved my life: ‘You’re still you. And I love you.’”
Reeve first played the iconic superhero in 1978, before returning for sequels Superman IIin …