But in the nine years since his accident, he made personal progress to regain some feeling, established the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, a non-profit research organization, and used his fame to raise millions of dollars for research into spinal cord injuries.
He also provided hope and inspiration to other patients and lobbied for scientists to be allowed to conduct stem cell research in the hopes of eventually curing paralysis and other illnesses such as diabetes and Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease.
He has been our champion. If you think of spinal injuries you automatically conjure up a picture of Christopher Reeve, said Paul Smith, executive director of the Spinal Injuries Association in England.
It is because of Reeve that spinal cord injuries and stem cell research are so widely discussed, according to Smith. The fact that it happened to Reeve showed it can affect anyone, even Superman.
Reeve did not live long enough to see whether stem cell research could help restore movement to the paralyzed. The research is still in its early days and no one knows what advances it may bring.
克里斯托夫里夫----超人传奇
一夜而红的超级偶像
克里斯托夫-里夫,1952年9月25日生于美国纽约,4岁时父母离异。从小喜欢表演,攻读康乃尔大学文学学士学位后,又进朱利亚德戏剧学院进修戏剧。他第一次登上银幕是1976年,在《死亡潜航》中出演了一个小角色。1978年至1987年开始主演《超人》。在1978年被选中接拍《超人》时,几乎没有人知道里夫的名字,幸运的是,当时制片商就在寻找一个不知名的年轻人担任主演,里夫进行了试镜,他为此做了精心的准备,再加上身形酷似主人公,于是,在马龙-白兰度等巨星的映衬下,最终他如愿获得了幸运女神的垂青,一夜成名青云直上成了全球知名的影星。这部电影不仅让里夫成了家喻户晓的明星,而且4部电影让他个人净赚3亿英镑,真可谓名利双收。
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