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Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
Christopher Reeve
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Christopher Reeve
Age: 52 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 25
Died: 2004
Died: October 10
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Film Director
Stage Actor
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New York City
New York
Christopher D'Olier Reeve
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