Robin Williams was Christopher Reeve’s first hospital visitor after an accident and made him laugh with this silly joke

Superman star Christopher Reeve’s career was cut short in 1995 when he was involved in a horse riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down – an injury so serious that he wondered if there was any point in continuing. But the love and support of his wife Dana Reeve and his family gave him the strength to carry on for nine more years – a story told in the new documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, to be released in select cinemas. September 21, 2024. In the film, Christopher’s son Will Reeve, who was only about 12 years old when his father died, talked about the first person who visited his father in the hospital after his accident: none other than actor and comedian Robin Williams. D. Morrison/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Will explained: “Robin was Dad’s best friend, and you show up for your friends.