{"id":2867,"date":"2004-10-11T00:38:31","date_gmt":"2004-10-11T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/11\/the-death-of-superman\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:45:47","slug":"the-death-of-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/11\/the-death-of-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10076,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/Entertainment\\\/wireStory?id=155296&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070527025818\\\/http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com:80\\\/entertainment\\\/wirestory?id=155296&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 00:54:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 10:20:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 10:20:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10077,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZSearch.woa\\\/36\\\/wa\\\/com.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction\\\/pickITMSLink?songName=Superman%27s+Song&amp;searchType=3&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;partnerId=30&amp;LS_PARAM=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fstat%3Fid%3DxLsJkztrnNY%26offerid%3D78941%26type%3D3%26subid%3D0%26tmpid%3D1826%26RD_PARM1%3D&amp;plid=4211046&amp;&amp;id=396643&amp;artistName=Crash+Test+Dummies&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10078,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZSearch.woa\\\/36\\\/wa\\\/com.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction\\\/pickITMSLink?songName=Superman%27s+Song&amp;searchType=1&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;partnerId=30&amp;LS_PARAM=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fstat%3Fid%3DxLsJkztrnNY%26offerid%3D78941%26type%3D3%26subid%3D0%26tmpid%3D1826%26RD_PARM1%3D&amp;plid=4211046&amp;playlistName=Upfront%21+Canadians+Live+from+Mountain+Stage&amp;id=4211009&amp;artistName=Crash+Test+Dummies&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/wireStory?id=155296\" title=\"'Superman' Christopher Reeve dies at 52\">Superman is dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;Superman&#8221; actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public crusade and from his wheelchair became the nation&#8217;s most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, has died. He was 52.<\/p>\n<p>  Reeve went into cardiac arrest Saturday while at his Pound Ridge home, then fell into a coma and died Sunday at a hospital surrounded by his family, his publicist said. He was 52.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rest in peace, Chris.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Tarzan wasn&#8217;t a ladies&#8217; man<br \/>\n  He&#8217;d just come along and scoop &#8217;em up under his arm<br \/>\n  Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle<br \/>\n  But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent<br \/>\n  He would not be caught sittin&#8217; around in no<br \/>\n  Junglescape, dumb as an ape doing nothing<\/p>\n<p>  Superman never made any money<br \/>\n  For saving the world from Solomon Grundy<br \/>\n  And sometimes I despair the world will never see<br \/>\n  Another man like him<\/p>\n<p>  Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job<br \/>\n  Even though he could have smashed through any bank<br \/>\n  In the United States, he had the strength, but he would not<br \/>\n  Folks said his family were all dead<br \/>\n  Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself<br \/>\n  To carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going<\/p>\n<p>  Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord over all the apes<br \/>\n  But he could hardly string together four words: &#8220;I Tarzan, You Jane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Superman never made any money<br \/>\n  For saving the world from Solomon Grundy<br \/>\n  And sometimes I despair the world will never see<br \/>\n  Another man like him<\/p>\n<p>  Sometimes when Supe was stopping crimes<br \/>\n  I&#8217;ll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back<br \/>\n  On man, join Tarzan in the forest<br \/>\n  But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes<br \/>\n  In dirty old phonebooths till his work was through<br \/>\n  And nothing to do but go on home<\/p>\n<p>  Superman never made any money<br \/>\n  For saving the world from Solomon Grundy<br \/>\n  And sometimes I despair the world will never see<br \/>\n  Another man like him\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZSearch.woa\/36\/wa\/com.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction\/pickITMSLink?songName=Superman%27s+Song&amp;searchType=3&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;partnerId=30&amp;LS_PARAM=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fstat%3Fid%3DxLsJkztrnNY%26offerid%3D78941%26type%3D3%26subid%3D0%26tmpid%3D1826%26RD_PARM1%3D&amp;plid=4211046&amp;&amp;id=396643&amp;artistName=Crash+Test+Dummies\" title=\"Crash Test Dummies\">Crash Test Dummies<\/a>, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZSearch.woa\/36\/wa\/com.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction\/pickITMSLink?songName=Superman%27s+Song&amp;searchType=1&amp;storeFrontId=143441&amp;partnerId=30&amp;LS_PARAM=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fstat%3Fid%3DxLsJkztrnNY%26offerid%3D78941%26type%3D3%26subid%3D0%26tmpid%3D1826%26RD_PARM1%3D&amp;plid=4211046&amp;playlistName=Upfront%21+Canadians+Live+from+Mountain+Stage&amp;id=4211009&amp;artistName=Crash+Test+Dummies\" title=\"Superman's Song\">Superman&#8217;s Song<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;bids=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4&#38;gridnum=-1\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCrash Test Dummies%2526albumTerm=Ghosts That Haunt Me, The%2526songTerm=Superman's Song%26partnerId%3D30\">Superman&#8217;s Song<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCrash Test Dummies%26partnerId%3D30\">Crash Test Dummies<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCrash Test Dummies%2526albumTerm=Ghosts That Haunt Me, The%26partnerId%3D30\">Ghosts That Haunt Me, The<\/a><\/em> (1991, 4:34).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Superman&#8217; actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public crusade and from his wheelchair became the nation&#8217;s most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, has died. 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