Profile
Dana Reeve
Actress + Singer + Activist
Female
Born
Mar 17, 1961
Hometown
Teaneck, New Jersey
Died
Mar 6, 2006
Death Place
New York City
Other Names
Morosini, Dana Ch...
Dana Reeve (March 17, 1961 %E2%80%93 March 6, 2006) was an American actress, singer, and activist for disability causes. She was the widow of actor Christopher Reeve.
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Joah Spearman: I/O Denim: My Holiday Spirit ObsessionHuffington Post - Dec 22, 2012
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Lisa Henry Holmes Elected To The Board Of Directors Of The Christopher & Dana Reeve FoundationYahoo News - Sep 27, 2012
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Misha Lyuve: Why Not Give Money To PoliticiansHuffington Post - Sep 24, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1961
Birth
Born on March 17, 1961.
TEENAGE
1979
18 Years Old
She grew up in the town of Greenburgh, New York, where she graduated from Edgemont High School in 1979.
TWENTIES
1984
23 Years Old
She graduated cum laude in English Literature from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1984.
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THIRTIES
1992
31 Years Old
She married actor Christopher Reeve in Williamstown, Massachusetts in April 1992, and they had a son, William Elliot "Will" Reeve, born on June 7, 1992, whom they raised in Pound Ridge, New York.
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2000
39 Years Old
In 2000, she co-hosted a live daily talk show for women on the Lifetime Network with Deborah Roberts called Lifetime Live and also wrote a brief column for the defunct AccessLife.com These articles can be found at the Christopher Reeve Homepage.
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FORTIES
2004
43 Years Old
She authored the book, Care Packages: Letters to Christopher Reeve from Strangers and Other Friends. In 2004, she was performing in the Broadway-bound play Brooklyn Boy at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California when she had to rush home to reach her husband's bedside after he went into cardiac arrest and a coma.
Reeve was born Dana Charles Morosini in Teaneck, New Jersey to Charles Morosini, a cardiologist, and Helen Simpson Morosini, who died in February 2005.
She appeared at Madison Square Garden on January 12, 2006, and sang the Carole King song "Now and Forever" in honor of New York Rangers hockey player Mark Messier, whose number was retired that evening.
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