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Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started  16 (act) in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is  17 (famous) for his Superman films.
Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995  18  he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live.  19 , he made  20 (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe  21  a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great  22 (courageous).
The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about   23  experiences. This not only drew public attention  24  research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people  25 (live) with all kinds of problems.