Christopher Reeve's wife has lung cancer *has now passed away*

[quote name='mtxbass1']Just curious, but if this woman wasn't married to Christopher Reeve, would anyone care?[/QUOTE]

I'm sure her family would care just a little bit.... :imwithst:
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Just curious, but if this woman wasn't married to Christopher Reeve, would anyone care?[/QUOTE]

Other than family and friends? Nope.
 
I see green dj deleted his post...but Would the national public care? No. Just because the woman is married to some actor, she's now in the spotlight because she has lung cancer. Is it bad for her? yes. Do I feel bad for her? sure. But would anyone else really give a shit if she wasn't married to a famous person? Why is her story so important that it gets much national attention whereas any of the other thousands of people who get lung cancer, and aren't famous, certainly don't get their names published and whatnot just because they are sick.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']I see green dj deleted his post...but Would the national public care? No. Just because the woman is married to some actor, she's now in the spotlight because she has lung cancer. Is it bad for her? yes. Do I feel bad for her? sure. But would anyone else really give a shit if she wasn't married to a famous person? Why is her story so important that it gets much national attention whereas any of the other thousands of people who get lung cancer, and aren't famous, certainly don't get their names published and whatnot just because they are sick.[/QUOTE]

Natalee Holloway isn't famous yet Nancy Grace has her story on CNN almost everyday even though there are no new developments. Unless they have a daily update on Dana Reeve I don't think it is that big of a deal.
 
No, it's not newsworthy in and of itself, but Isuppose the "irony factor" makes it so. Really, what were the odds both her and her husband would be in such life threatining situations?
 
[quote name='dark-star']No, it's not newsworthy in and of itself, but Isuppose the "irony factor" makes it so. Really, what were the odds both her and her husband would be in such life threatining situations?[/QUOTE]
Dude, he played Superman, he wasn't Superman.
 
I think many people were surprised that Peter Jennings passed away so quickly after his lung cancer was announced. Supposedly, you don't last long with lung cancer, so Dana might not be around that much longer now that her illness has hit the national news.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']I see green dj deleted his post...but Would the national public care? No. Just because the woman is married to some actor, she's now in the spotlight because she has lung cancer. Is it bad for her? yes. Do I feel bad for her? sure. But would anyone else really give a shit if she wasn't married to a famous person? Why is her story so important that it gets much national attention whereas any of the other thousands of people who get lung cancer, and aren't famous, certainly don't get their names published and whatnot just because they are sick.[/QUOTE]

I deleted mine because it came off harsher than I meant it to be. The someone else posted basically the same point I was making anyway so there was no point to repost an edited version.
 
[quote name='greendj27']I deleted mine because it came off harsher than I meant it to be. The someone else posted basically the same point I was making anyway so there was no point to repost an edited version.[/QUOTE]

Don't worry, my original response to you was pretty harsh too. However, I still don't see the point in the public getting worked up over this story. Anytime someone gets cancer, it's sad sure, but why not run a story on every single person that gets lung cancer, celebrities wife or not. Why should this woman get special attention when there are many more instances of someone being worse off?
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Don't worry, my original response to you was pretty harsh too. However, I still don't see the point in the public getting worked up over this story. Anytime someone gets cancer, it's sad sure, but why not run a story on every single person that gets lung cancer, celebrities wife or not. Why should this woman get special attention when there are many more instances of someone being worse off?[/QUOTE]

I understand what you are saying, but people have this strange lust for information on celebrities. At least when it's a story like this or Peter Jennings death, it brings more attention to the disease and might get people in for checkups or to donate money.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Don't worry, my original response to you was pretty harsh too. However, I still don't see the point in the public getting worked up over this story. Anytime someone gets cancer, it's sad sure, but why not run a story on every single person that gets lung cancer, celebrities wife or not. Why should this woman get special attention when there are many more instances of someone being worse off?[/QUOTE]

It like a poster said, the irony of her being in a life-threatening situation plus the fact Peter Jennings (another public figure) died of the same disease just days ago. I would really question whether people are getting "worked up" about the story. Dana Reeve's story isn't going to be the major headline anywhere tonight, but it is something newsworthy provided they don't beat the story into the ground like Natalee Holloway.

Part of the reason you don't see private citizens in the news like this is because of patient privacy laws. A celebrity with cancer often can start fundraising and foundations to help fight it. A regular citizen usually cannot do the same unless the circumstances are highly unusual. Public figures know if they let the world know they have something they can help others. That is worthy in and of itself.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']It like a poster said, the irony of her being in a life-threatening situation plus the fact Peter Jennings (another public figure) died of the same disease just days ago. I would really question whether people are getting "worked up" about the story. Dana Reeve's story isn't going to be the major headline anywhere tonight, but it is something newsworthy provided they don't beat the story into the ground like Natalee Holloway.

Part of the reason you don't see private citizens in the news like this is because of patient privacy laws. A celebrity with cancer often can start fundraising and foundations to help fight it. A regular citizen usually cannot do the same unless the circumstances are highly unusual. Public figures know if they let the world know they have something they can help others. That is worthy in and of itself.[/QUOTE]

If this story is on CBS tonite you owe me a dollar. ;) So exactly how is it that a celebrity doesn't have patient privacy laws, yet a "regular citizen" does? What makes this woman a celebrity? Before today, when have you ever once thought, hmm, I wonder what is going on in the life of Dana Reeve? Odds are before today that many people didn't even know supermans wife's name.
 
There are four stages and I didnt read what hers is at.

If its 3 or 4 I dont think it will be but a matter of months at most. I just went through this in November with a family member.

i think its ironic and thats why its in the news. I clicked this subject simply becuase of that.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']If this story is on CBS tonite you owe me a dollar. ;) So exactly how is it that a celebrity doesn't have patient privacy laws, yet a "regular citizen" does? What makes this woman a celebrity? Before today, when have you ever once thought, hmm, I wonder what is going on in the life of Dana Reeve? Odds are before today that many people didn't even know supermans wife's name.[/QUOTE]

I said it wouldn't be the MAJOR story. I am sure they'll have some mention but I doubt it will be the lead story. Celebrities can keep their medical situations secret too if they want (look at Pam Anderson and Hepetitis, she kept it secret for a long time). Dana is more of a public figure (especially in the fight for stem cell research) than a "hollywood "celebrity.
 
[quote name='MaxBiaggi2']Supposedly, you don't last long with lung cancer, so Dana might not be around that much longer now that her illness has hit the national news.[/QUOTE]
Actually, I know a 5 year old who had malignant lung cancer that spread all over her body, and now less than a year later she is fully recovered and cancer free.

It all depends on the type of cancer. Dana Reeve supposedly has a very bad cancer, so she is as good as dead.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Odds are before today that many people didn't even know supermans wife's name.[/QUOTE]

Isn't it Lois Lane?
 
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Christopher Reeve's Widow Dies at Age 44
NEW YORK, March 7, 2006 ? 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. She was 44.
Reeve died Monday of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center, said Sean Dougherty, a spokesman for the foundation.

"We are extremely saddened by the death of Dana Reeve, whose grace and courage under the most difficult of circumstances was a source of comfort and inspiration to all of us," Kathy Lewis, president and CEO of the foundation, said in a statement.

Reeve won worldwide admiration for her support of her husband, the one-time Hollywood "Superman" turned activist for spinal cord research after a horse-riding accident in 1996.

She served as chairwoman of the Christopher Reeve Foundation and founded the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center.

Christopher Reeve died in 2004. In August, Dana Reeve announced she had been diagnosed with lung cancer. She said she had never smoked.

She said in November that said she was able to keep her spirits up because she "had a great model. ... I was married to a man who never gave up."

Reeve lived in Westchester County, near New York, with the couple's teenage son, Will. She has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway and regional stages and on the TV shows "Law & Order," "Oz," and "All My Children."

"Dana will always be remembered for her passion, strength and ceaseless courage that became her hallmark," Lewis said. "Along with her husband, Christopher, she faced adversity with grace and determination, bringing hope to millions around the world."

She is survived by her father, Dr. Charles Morosini; sisters Deborah Morosini and Adrienne Morosini Heilman; two stepchildren, Matthew and Alexandra; and her son.
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Christopher Reeve's Widow Dies at Age 44
NEW YORK, March 7, 2006 ?

I guess the reporter dont belive we are in the year 2006 or something cause what is up with the ? mark LOL
 
Some editor's marks show up as question marks when items are pasted.

I feel really badly for their son, whether other people may be also going through this or not. This must be a large burden for him that will follow him the rest of his life, quasi-celebrity or not.
 
She was mildly famous by association mostly and a spokesperson for one. Also she was a notorious "fighter." I'm not a big fan of Dana Reeves or anything, I think this coverage is more to call attention to cancer than anything else really. That and also it's kind of a sad story for their family (and of course, the public gobbles that spit up). A lot of people assume everyone who has lung cancer smoked or smokes and she didn't.
 
[quote name='Graystone']Thanks Guile for posting this under my joke from last year. Now I'm the asshole for that joke. I'm somewhat surprised she died but then again it was lung cancer.[/quote]

Sorry man. I didn't think your comment was that bad to be honest. It didn't seem like you meant any harm IMO.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']Sorry man. I didn't think your comment was that bad to be honest. It didn't seem like you meant any harm IMO.[/QUOTE]

I didn't mean any harm. Its not a big deal. I meant to put a ;) in the last post but forgot.
 
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