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  1. Sep 14, 2024 · Will Reeve, son of Superman actor Christopher Reeve, shares how he coped with the tragic deaths of his parents, Dana and Christopher, who died of cancer and heart failure respectively. He reveals who took care of him and how he honors their memories.

    • He Was Just 13 When His Mother Died, Leaving Him Orphaned
    • He Dabbled in Acting When He Was Younger
    • He's Always Loved Sports
    • He Lived with A Childhood Friend After His Mother's Death
    • His Dad Spent His Last Day Alive Watching Will's Hockey Game
    • He's A Correspondent For ABC News and Good Morning America
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    Will hadn't even turned 3 when his father was paralyzed in 1995 and was 11 years old when Christopher died in 2004. Two years later, tragedy struck again when his mother, Dana Reeve, died of lung cancerat 44. With that, he lost both of his parents in just 17 months.

    Will first appeared in the 1997 TV movie In the Gloaming, starring Glenn Close and directed by his father. He then went on to play a small role in The Brooke Ellison Story, another TV movie directed by Christopher.

    "We shared a very deep bond in general, but sports was definitely a major component of our family bond," Reeve told PEOPLE in 2015 when he got a gig at ESPN. "If it involved a ball or a stick or a racket or a bat or a puck, we were either watching it or playing it or talking about it together."

    Although he has two half-siblings from his father's first marriage, Will went on to live with a close friend after his mother died. According to family friends, Dana wanted him to stay in Bedford, N.Y., with the people he'd grown up around. The proud hockey mom made the arrangements before her death.

    Christopher spent quality time with his youngest childthe day before he died. According to family friend Ken Regan, he went to Will's hockey game as he typically did. "He tried to go to all of Will's sporting events," the photographer told PEOPLE in 2004. They then spent the rest of the day watching baseball back at home.

    In May 2023, Will was asked to cover a story about Gert-Jan Oskam — a man who became paralyzed from the waist down after a motorcycle accident in 2011. Thanks to artificial intelligence and researchers in Switzerland, Oskam has since undergone a life-changing surgery that has allowed him to walk again. "My dad was Christopher Reeve. He suffered a s...

    Will Reeve is the youngest child of the late actor and activist Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana Reeve. He followed in his father's footsteps as a sports commentator and an advocate for spinal cord injury research.

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  2. Apr 6, 2023 · Will Reeve is a journalist and marathon runner who works on Good Morning America. He is the son of the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve and Oz actress Dana Reeve, who died of cancer in 2004.

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  3. Sep 16, 2024 · Learn about the three children of the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who died in 2004. Matthew, Alexandra and Will followed their father's footsteps in different fields and honored his legacy.

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  4. 91K Followers, 623 Following, 419 Posts - Will Reeve (@willreeve_) on Instagram: "@abcnews @reevefoundation".

  5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0716137Will Reeve - IMDb

    Will Reeve is the son of Christopher Reeve and Dana Reeve. He has acted in movies such as Superman (2025) and Everyone's Hero (2006), and produced Bienvenido Juanito (2023).

  6. Reeve of course is speaking of his father, famed "Superman" star Christopher Reeve, and his mother, Dana, whose remarkable stories are told in the new documentary "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve ...