Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve (28 page)

Caan, James, 30

Cabaret Corps, 14, 18, 22

Caine, Michael, 35, 69

Canby, Vincent, 34

Care Packages: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends
(Reeve), 181–82

Carpenter, Mary Chapin, 171 Carvey, Dana, 57

Carville, James, 73

Cattrall, Kim, 80

Chabert, Lacey, 195

Chandelle,
45, 56, 62

Channing, Stockard, 132

Children of a Lesser God,
37 Christopher and Dana Reeve Foun-

dation, 156, 163, 170–71, 175,

180, 186, 189, 195–96, 204–5,

210, 211, 213, 216

Christopher and Dana Reeve Paral- ysis Resource Foundation, 191

Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope,
175–76

Christopher Reeve: Courageous Steps,

189

Chile, 46–48

Clinton, Bill, 73, 136, 163, 164,

181

Clinton, Chelsea, 186

Clinton, Hillary, 169, 181

Clooney, George, 186

Close, Glenn, 166, 173, 202

Collins, Stephen, 60

Comic Relief, 131

Coming Home,
148

Conte, Silvio, 60

Coppola, Francis Ford, 79, 167

Couric, Katie, 131, 159

Creative Coalition, 60, 77, 131

Crystal, Billy, 131

Danner, Blythe, 132

Davis, Geena, 73

Deathtrap,
35

Defiant Ones, The,
152 Democratic National Convention,

169–70

Democratic Party, 60 De Niro, Robert, 181

Dewey Doo-it Helps Owlie Fly Again

(Wenger), 206

Diana, Princess, 170

D’Olier, Franklin (Chris’s great- grandfather), 23

Donner, Richard, 31

Dorfman, Ariel, 46, 48

Douglas, Kirk, 150

Douglas, Michael, 186, 189

Dr. Strangelove,
152

Druin, Erica, 119, 125

Ellerbee, Linda, 133

Ellison, Brooke, 156, 193, 195, 197,

203, 215, 218

Everyone’s Hero,
193, 196

Exton, Gae, 15, 31–32, 34,

35–36, 37, 48–49, 56, 61,

63, 64

Chris’s accident and, 96, 98

Chris’s death and, 7, 8 Chris’s meeting of, 31 Chris’s split with, 39, 43–44,

45–46

Fawcett, Farrah, 31

Feds,
165

Feinstein, Michael, 207–8

Fifth of July,
34–35, 80–81

Fonda, Bridget, 166

Fonda, Jane, 148

Fox, Michael J., 1, 186

Fraiman, Nancy, 214 Fraiman, Robert, Jr., 214
Freedom: A History of Us,
192 Freeman, Morgan, 38

Full Monty, The,
183

Gere, Richard, 32, 57

Gibson, Mel, 32, 153 Gifford, Kathie Lee, 208 Giuliani, Rudy, 132

Glass, Richard, 20

Goldberg, Whoopi, 131, 166

Goldman, James, 37

Gore, Al, 60, 73, 187

Grant, Hugh, 181

Gray Lady Down,
29

Great Escape II, The,
53–54 Gurney, A. R., 214

Hackman, Gene, 32

Hagen, Uta, 20

Hagerty, Julie, 59

Hanks, Tom, 175

Hanover, Donna, 132

Harkin, Tom, 202

Hawn, Goldie, 186

HealthExtras, 185

health insurance, 139, 142, 164,

165, 185, 190, 195

Hemingway, Mariel, 15

Henderson, Scott, 153

Henson, Scott, 98, 106

Hepburn, Katharine, 28–29, 109,

181, 217, 218

Herrmann, Edward, 1, 22, 40, 43

Heston, Charlton, 29 Hollywood Walk of Fame, 173 Holm, Celeste, 27

Hopkins, Anthony, 72

Houseman, John, 27

Huber, Mike, 75

Hunt, The,
76

Hurt, William, 27, 32, 37

Hyduchak, Kristen, 54–55, 75

INSITE, 173

In the Gloaming,
162, 166–67,

173

Israel, 192

Iverson, David, 31

Ivory, James, 35, 71, 79

Jackson, Samuel L., 186

Jane, John, 83, 96, 98, 99, 102, 105,

106, 107

Jefferson in Paris,
78, 79

Jeffords, James, 142

Jenner, Bruce, 30

Jennings, Peter, 209

Johnson, Barbara (Chris’s mother), 23–24, 25, 26, 196

Chris’s accident and, 8, 97–98, 99 Chris’s death and, 8–9

Johnson, Beth, 24

Johnson, Jeffrey (Chris’s half- brother), 8, 24, 40

Johnson, Johnny, 24

Johnson, Kate, 24

Johnson, Kevin (Chris’s half- brother), 24, 40, 45, 56

Johnson, Tommy, 24

Johnson, Tristram, 24 Johnson & Johnson, 185

Jones, Quincy, 147–48, 149, 151,

153

Kasteler, Lisa, 100

Keaton, Michael, 73

Kennedy, Robert, Jr., 120, 185–86,

202

Kerry, John, 5, 203, 214

Kidder, Margot, 155

Kidnapped,
79, 87

Kiernan, Peter, 20–21, 126, 137,

156, 184, 195–96, 205, 209,

210–11, 213, 215

Kimber, Les, 74

King, Larry, 149, 159, 204, 214

Kirshblum, Steven, 124–25, 126,

134, 137, 151, 203

Klein, Gerda Weissmann, 151 Kline, Kevin, 27

Kramer, Stanley, 152

Kubrick, Stanley, 152

Lamb, Beatrice, 28

Langevin, Jim, 205

Lasker Award for Public Service, 191–92

Law & Order,
165, 183

Lazar, Peter, 92

Leonard, Robert Sean, 166 Lester, Richard, 35

Lewis, Rebecca, 96, 101, 105, 106,

109, 206

Lieber, Mimi, 3, 9

Lifestories: Families in Crisis,
165

Lifetime Live,
183

Lincoln, Abraham, 186

Lithgow, John, 171 Lloyd, John Bedford, 216
Love Letters,
59

Love of Life,
27–28 Lumet, Sidney, 35

McCartney, Paul, 175, 181

McDonald, John, 188, 189

McGuinness, Bill, 88

McQueen, Steve, 29

Maidenform Bra, 46

Make-A-Wish Foundation, 32

Maloney, William, 93–94

Manganiello, Michael, 43, 207, 212

Margulies, Donald, 69, 169, 192,

204, 210

Marshall, Garry, 57

Matalin, Mary, 73

Matheson, Richard, 33

Matter of Gravity, A,
28–29, 217

Merchant, Ismail, 35, 71, 79

Messier, Mark, 212

Miller, Glenn “Juice,” 113, 116,

117, 118, 120, 132, 133, 134

Monte, Bonnie, 140, 153

Moreau, Jeanne, 79

More to Love: A Big Fat Comedy,

179–80

Morning Glory,
65

Morosini, Adrienne (Dana’s sister), 18, 143–44, 208, 211, 213,

216

Morosini, Charles (Dana’s father), 8, 18, 19, 44, 71, 205, 215

Chris’s accident and, 94, 98 Dana’s illness and death and, 211,

212, 213

stroke suffered by, 211 Morosini, Deborah (Dana’s sister),

18, 67, 143–44, 194, 216

Morosini, Helen (Dana’s mother), 8, 18, 44, 71, 205

death of, 205–6, 215

Mutiny on the Bounty,
32

Nadkarni, Mohan, 95, 104, 106,

111

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 60, 77, 87, 136

National Enquirer,
122–23

Nelson, Willie, 175

Newman, Paul, 136

Noises Off,
69, 71

Nolte, Nick, 78

Nothing Is Impossible
(Reeve), 189 Nuveen Investments, 184–85

O’Brien, Jack, 26, 27, 30, 179

O’Neal, Shaquille, 105

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,

20–21

Oscars, 147–53

Oz,
183

Papp, Joseph, 58

Paralympics, 169

Parker, Eleanor, 27

Patinkin, Mandy, 27, 171, 206, 212

Perrine, Valerie, 31

Peters, Bernadette, 206

Petri, Jim, 57–58

Pinochet, Augusto, 46, 47, 48

Portraits,
192

Practice, The,
191

Pretty Woman,
56–57

Proprietor, The,
79

Psacharopoulos, Nikos, 20, 22

Quest for Camelot, The,
162 Raffin, Deborah, 65

Reagan, Nancy, 181

Rear Window,
178–79

Redford, Robert, 30

Reeve, Alexandra (daughter), 36, 39, 40, 61, 69, 72–74, 102,

144, 146, 159, 177, 194, 196,

215, 216

birth of, 35

Chris’s accident and, 95, 96, 98 Chris’s death and, 7

and Chris’s romance with Dana, 44, 46, 48–49

Reeve, Alison (Chris’s half-sister), 24

Reeve, Barbara,
see
Johnson, Barbara

Reeve, Benjamin (Chris’s brother), 8, 24, 25, 70, 96, 102–3

Reeve, Brock (Chris’s half-brother), 24

Reeve, Christopher:

as airplane pilot, 31, 35, 36, 62,

76

appendectomy of, 38 on balloon ride, 35 birth of, 23–24

causes supported by, 59, 60, 73,

76–77, 87, 136

childhood of, 25–26

costs of care for, 139, 139, 142,

165, 185, 194–95

Dana’s marriage to, 68–70 Dana’s meeting of, 13–17, 40

Dana’s romance with, 40–46, 50

death of, 9, 204

feeling and motion regained by, 173, 187–88, 189

fiftieth birthday of, 189–90 film debut of, 29

funeral service for, 201

horse allergy of, 25, 33–34, 37,

55, 75

horseback riding of, 37–38, 54–55, 71–72, 74–76, 79–80,

87–91

horseback riding accident of, 8, 91–112, 146–47, 158, 168,

175, 176

horse sold by, 146 malaria contracted by, 76

marriage feared by, 23, 35–36,

64–67, 185

medical setbacks suffered by, 4, 6–9, 115–17, 145, 172–73,

174, 182, 186–87, 193–94,

195, 197

memoirs of, 122, 142, 176 memorial tribute to, 201–3 parasailing accident of, 36–37 physical therapy of, 126–27,

145, 175, 186, 187, 188,

189, 193

sailing of, 45, 55–56, 62, 65, 86,

167–68

sex life of, 158–61

soap opera role of, 27–28 spirituality of, 185–86

stage career of, 13–14, 18, 20,

26–27, 28–29, 34–35, 40, 49,

53, 58–59

as Superman, 15, 29–31, 32, 34,

35, 38, 47, 48, 60, 76, 77,

135–36, 169

tax debt of, 58

Reeve, Christopher
(continued)

television work of, 27–28, 57–58, 59, 80–81, 191, 193

ventilator of, 108–9, 127–28,

131, 134, 138, 145, 178, 181,

184, 191

wheelchair of, 117, 118, 127,

132–33, 134, 143

Reeve, Dana:

birth and childhood of, 18–19 cancer of, 207–12, 214

causes supported by, 73, 76–77 Chris’s accident and, 92–112 Chris’s death and, 9

Chris’s marriage to, 68–70 Chris’s meeting of, 13–17, 40

Chris’s romance with, 40–46, 50

death of, 213–14

funeral and memorial service for, 215–16

in high school, 19–20 horseback riding of, 19, 54, 55,

175

pregnancy of, 67–68, 69, 70

sailing of, 45, 55–56, 62, 86,

167–68

sex life of, 158–61

singing of, 13, 18, 19, 21, 45, 96,

171, 175–76, 207, 212

stage career of, 13–14, 17–18,

20–21, 153–54, 179–80, 192,

196

television work of, 165–66, 183,

192

Reeve, Franklin “F.D.” (Chris’s father), 23–25

Chris’s death and, 8 Chris’s Superman role and,

29–30

Reeve, Mark (Chris’s half-brother), 24

Reeve, Matthew (son), 36, 39, 40,

61, 69, 72, 73–74, 102, 144,

146, 159, 177, 189, 190, 194,

215, 216

Chris’s accident and, 95, 96, 98

Chris’s death and, 7, 8

and Chris’s romance with Dana, 44, 45, 46, 48–49

birth of, 34

Reeve, William (son), 5–6, 8, 72,

74, 78, 80, 87, 89, 90, 114,

115, 116, 118–22, 129, 138,

139, 143–45, 154, 159, 160,

162, 166, 172, 173 177–78,

181, 189, 190, 192, 194–96,

211, 214–15

birth of, 71

Chris’s accident and, 92–95, 99,

101–2, 104–7, 184, 194

Chris’s death and, 6–7, 9, 204,

215

Dana’s illness and death and, 208–9, 213, 215

Helen Morosini’s death and, 206, 215

hockey played by, 4–5, 212

at memorial tribute for Chris, 202, 203

at memorial tribute for Dana, 216

Reeves, George, 30

Regan, Ken, 35, 125–26 Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,

196–97

Reid, Lisa, 90–91

Remains of the Day, The,
71, 72, 73,

77, 79, 150

Richer, Denise, 14

Roberts, Deborah, 183, 184

Roosevelt, Franklin, 138, 169–70

Rosenblatt, Roger, 169

Ross, Herb, 167

Roth, Elliot, 197

Rover, The,
14, 16, 40, 43

Rudolph, Ileane, 168

Sabo, Brian, 75

Saltzman, David, 148–49

Sarandon, Susan, 60, 132, 133, 153

Sauvignon, Yves, 75

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 181

Scofield, Paul, 37

Scorsese, Martin, 167

Sea Angel,
62, 73, 86, 167

Sea Wolf, The,
72 Seymour, Jane, 33, 173

Sharon, Ariel, 192

Sight Unseen,
69, 70–71

Silver, Ron, 60, 132

Simon, Carly, 132, 133, 171

Sipski, Marcalee, 124, 126, 128,

129, 135

Smallville,
193

Smith, Joan Irvine, 147 Smith, Liz, 123 , 141

Somewhere in Time,
32–34, 173

Sorvino, Mira, 150

Sorvino, Paul, 150

Speechless,
73, 77

Spielberg. Steven, 167

spinal cord research, 135–38, 145,

147, 163, 169, 170, 173–74,

190, 191–92, 194

stem cell, 5, 190, 205

Stallone, Sylvester, 30

Steel Magnolias,
63

Steifel, Henry, 135

stem cell research, 5, 190, 205