Reeve courageously stood by her husband, Christopher Reeve, for 9 years after he was paralyzed until his death in 2004.
An actress and singer who had appeared in shows like "Law and Order" and "All My Children," as well as in regional theater and on and off Broadway, Ms. Reeve became far better known after her husband's paralysis in a horse riding accident in 1996. Together, they created the Christopher Reeve Foundation, which drew on his fame as the actor in the "Superman" movies and the inspiration many took from his struggle to raise and distribute over $55 million in research grants, much of it aimed at speeding the development of stem-cell treatments.
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