@@ Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public crusade① and from his wheelchair became the nation's most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, has died. He was 52. Reeve died Sunday of complications② from an infection caused by a bedsore③. He went into cardiac arrest④ Saturday, while at his Pound Ridge home, then fell into a coma⑤ and died Sunday at a hospital surrounded by his family, his publicist said. His advocacy for stem cell research helped it emerge as a major campaign issue between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry. His name was even mentioned by Kerry during the second presidential debate on Friday.
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