h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Raise your glasses ladies and gentlemen... A toast to Christopher Reeve... Passed over Sunday 11th October 2004... Yes he played Superman, but he was indeed truely a super-man..
Paralized in 1995 after a riding accident he never gave up...
May the gods bless you Chris...
A truely sad loss...

*raises his *

Think I got the date muddled in my sorrow... Sunday was the 10th Oct...

Thanx Jack...

Blame the italics they've been muddling dates up not figs, just dates

that raised a smile Jack... thanx luv...

*waits nervously for an italic to come tell him off...*

Welcome hun

There'll be no "telling off" in this memorial thread.... only

and the occassional toast to life...

To a wonderful person,who was,and will be, an inspiration to so many.

He certainly was, I read his autobiography a few years ago and he had me in tears at the courage he possessed. He was one of my heros in the films and it was a shock when he had the accident, it saddens me to think that he's passed on at such a young age. He may not have fully realised the impact that he had on so many people whom he'd never even met, and for the lives he changed with his charity work.

God Bless Chris, and God Bless your family and friends

He maybe lost the battle, but he certainly won the war!
Giving others lots of hope and confidence, and the determintion never to give up!
Smudger,

Nothing else to say really..........agree with everything everyone else has said



Helen

If we get this response in just this small corner of H2, just think how great his presence was out there in the big wide world....

thanks for all your tributes my dear friends... pity they can't be passed on to his family... but hey, they can, with the love we're sending from our hearts...

may he rest in peace god bless chris

Indeed, may he find eternal rest...he was an inspiration to us all!

Truly a super-man!

I read a comment about the death of John Peel.

The person commenting him called him a 'HERO'.

Whilst it is true that John Peel battled his own illness, I think it's a bit over the top calling him a hero, especially given that there are literally millions of people in the world who are in an equal if not worse state than he was.

I know dead is as bad as it gets, but what I mean is that there are people who live with horrific illnesses and injuries.

A young man on TV recently had a medical condition that caused his skin to blister and fall off. 36 year old Jonny Kennedy was an extraordinary man with a terrible condition - Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.

He faced each day with no prospect of anything other than suffering. He died fighting to the end and still displaying the sense of humour that kept him going throughout his short agonising life.

Christopher Reeve also fought bravely against all odds to regain his former life, albeit unsuccessfully, and also inspired those more fortunate to contribute to making a better life for others.

Both Jonny Kennedy and Christopher Reeve are not at rest, as they are still working in the minds of all of us.

I am disabled, I spend most of my time in pain, but one thing I know for certain is this... I would rather have a lifetime as me than a minute as Jonny Kennedy.

One thing both he and Christopher Reeve have emphasised for me is that no matter how bad things appear to be...

It could always be worse.


Joe.