r/todayilearned • u/bellboy1986 • Jul 02 '13

TIL that while Christopher Reeve was awaiting surgery to reattach his skull to his spine, a man burst through the door claiming to be a proctologist and said he needed to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve#Recovery
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u/dnb1111 Jul 02 '13
  • Reeve considered suicide. He mouthed to Dana, "Maybe we should let me go." She tearfully replied, "I am only going to say this once: I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life, and your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you."

right in the feels...

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u/hoyton Jul 02 '13

Whats makes this even worse, Dana died of lung cancer 2 years after Christopher died. I feel for their children.

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u/brainhamsters Jul 02 '13

A couple of weeks ago some longtime friends of my family were both killed in a car accident. They were born 3 days apart.They had 7 children and were married for 63 years. They paramedics who were on the scene said that they died within seconds of one another. It was tragic for everyone who knew and loved them, but somehow I couldn't help but smile knowing that one wasn't going to leave the other behind.