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The bitter irony of Superman living a life confined to a wheelchair was not lost on Christopher Reeve.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2004 - 10:08

The bitter irony of Superman living a life confined to a wheelchair was not lost on Christopher Reeve.

A tragic riding accident in 1995 left the actor – who played a planet-saving superhero – paralysed and struggling to breathe without a ventilator.

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