Outside of the film industry, Reeve was an outspoken supporter of disabled people, supported the [[Special Olympics]], and was an advocate of [[embryonic stem cell]]research. Sadly, he died in 2004 at the young age of 52, from a bedsore that became badly infected. | Outside of the film industry, Reeve was an outspoken supporter of disabled people, supported the [[Special Olympics]], and was an advocate of [[embryonic stem cell]]research. Sadly, he died in 2004 at the young age of 52, from a bedsore that became badly infected. |