DANA Reeve, who won worldwide admiration for her devotion to Superman husband, Christopher Reeve, through a decade of near-total paralysis, has died of lung cancer.

Actress Dana Reeve, who fought for better treatments and possible cures for paralysis through the Christopher Reeve Foundation, named for her late actor-husband, has died.

Even in death, Superman star Christopher Reeve is promoting human embryonic stem cell research.