Dana Reeve: Actress and Spinal Cord Research Advocate Dies at 44

Dana Reeve was an American actress, singer and advocate. Born Dana Charles Morosini on March 17, 1961, in Teaneck, New Jersey, she performed on Broadway and television.

She appeared on Law and Order, All My Children and Loving before marrying actor Christopher Reeve in 1992. After he was paralyzed in 1995, she was his caregiver and became chair of the Christopher Reeve Foundation. In 2000 she co-hosted the Lifetime talk show Lifetime Live.

They had a son, Will Reeve, who became a television reporter. Christopher died in 2004. Dana died of non-small cell lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York on March 6, 2006, at age 44. She had never smoked, and the foundation was renamed in her honor.

Achievements: Chair of the Christopher Reeve Foundation, renamed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.

Birth: March 17, 1961 - Teaneck, New Jersey.

Profession: Actress and advocate.

Interesting Facts: She died less than two years after her husband.