Christopher Reeve is dead.

[PartyPooper]

Check it out in LBN. Reported by Drudge.

on edit: thanks to undisclosedlocation who has reported the story coming from AP.

:-(

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

1. WTF????

WHATTTTTT??? NOOOO!!!!!!

Oh my God, don't tell me this. Kerry was JUST talking about him in the last debate.

FUCKING HELL.

[Syrinx]

2. it's Drudge, but it seems to be true

Damn.

[kokomo]

5. Nothing on Google News, CNN about this.

[Gothic Sponge]

3. It's only on Drudge, so i hope it's another one of his lies.

I fear it won't be.

http://www.drudgereport.com/

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. if true he died a hero

in his fight for stem cell research, in his fight for funds for spinal cord injury research, in his willingness to risk his body and health to subject himself to experimental therapies, and most of all as a truely heroic spokesperson for the advancement of scientific research ahead of the interests of the drug companies. His books are inspirational, and he is too.

RIP

[Endangered Specie]

6. God I hope Drudge is wrong.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. Went over to FreeRepublic to see what they thought

What a butt ugly board.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241278/posts

[Zuni]

9. Half of them are more concerned about how this will look for bush

knuckleheads

[JI7]

12. there are some who are truly sad and respectful though

i can't stand freepers politics. but i know sometimes on du people say things that i don't like but the right wing uses it to paint all liberals as being a certain way. so i'm not going to do that here.

[Zuni]

16. Good point

Many of them did seem truly upset. They had some kind words.

[Susang]

31. To be fair, most of them are trying to keep politics out of it

I think it's hard for most people, Freepers included, to hate Superman. Most posters seemed genuinely sad to hear the news.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

18. I screen captured and bookmarked that

and I've never done that with a freeper thread before, I hardly bother to go there at all, even when people here talk about it.

But I want to keep that to remember how truly soulless those bastards are. Just look at their comments and you'll see what I mean. The really respectful ones are totally outnumbered.

[WilliamPitt]

19. 99% of them are quite respectful

[JohnKleeb]

8. Thats tragic

[Zuni]

10. May God bless him.

Very sad.

[JimmyJazz]

11. We are so concerned...please continue to update us! Thanks

[Zomby Woof]

13. Let us remember his example

He was a wonderful human being who turned an enormous adversity into a model example of perseverance, optimism, and compassion for the rest of us to emulate. We can only hope we would be 1% as strong in similar circumstances.

He will always be the real Superman, and I am not talking about his most famous role.

:cry:

[Archae]

14. The "reporter" who related this to Drudge.

Nikki Finke, a gossip "reporter."

http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/nikki_finke.htm

[flamingyouth]

15. This is horribly sad news

My thoughts are with his family. :cry:

[kokomo]

17. NOTHING on Google News, CNN about this, so may be BOGUS

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. I'm hoping you're right...

I'm not hearing anything on the TV (CNN) either...

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

20. Still nothing coming up

on Google News. On edit: as of 12:20 am Central time.

[seventhson]

25. Fox is reporting it right now

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

22. Marlon Brando, Janet Leigh, Fay Wray, Rodney Dangerfield, and now Reeve...

this has been a terrible year

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. please repost when we have a verified creditable source

sorry gang, we are locking these in LBN too.

Big McLargehuge
DU Moderator.

[flamingyouth]

24. AP confirms the story

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/APNEWSALERT?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. how very sad :-(

I was so thrilled to see him as part of Smallville.

[JohnKleeb]

27. Tragic

May he RIP and walk again in Heaven.

[Nomad559]

33. May he walk again in Heaven

Christopher Reeve did not believe In Heaven, Reeve was an Atheist.

[JohnKleeb]

35. I didnt know that

[Guaranteed]

28. R.I.P. Superman.

This is really sad.

[yvr girl]

29. Just saw a newsbreak on CNN

He went into a coma on Saturday. Died of cardiac arrest on Sunday.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Thank you Chris...

For helping us see the "Superman" in all of us...
:cry:

[Pithlet]

32. Oh, no.

I usually feel sympathy when a celebrity dies. But, every once in awhile, one will really get to me, and this is one time. My first thought was watching Superman on the big screen when I was little. He was always Superman to me growing up, no matter what else he did in his career. After his accident, he showed how truly heroic he was in real life with his advocacy for the disabled and stem cell research. The ad that shows him walking with special effects had me in tears. :(

[Bossy Monkey]

34. kick