Paralyzed Actor Christopher Reeve dies

   Actor Christopher Reeve dies Reeve had become an advocate for spinal cord injury research Superman star Christopher Reeve, who lobbied for medical research after being paralysed in a fall nine years ago, has died aged 52.He had been suffering from an infection as a result of a pressure wound and died on Sunday, his publicist said. He suffered a … Read More

Darryl Stingley, paralyzed by Tatum hit dies

Darryl Stingley, paralyzed by Tatum hit, dies at 55 Darryl Stingley spent more than half his life in a wheelchair, a symbol of the violence of the NFL, where large bodies collide at high speeds on every play. He was only 26 when he clashed head-on with the Raiders’ Jack Tatum during an exhibition at the Oakland Coliseum as they … Read More

Darren Drozdov Dies

Darren Drozdov Dies: WWE Wrestler Paralyzed In Ring Accident Was 54 Darren Drozdov former WWE wrestler Darren Drozdov, a former rising WWE star paralyzed from injuries suffered in a 1999 match, has died of natural causes at 54, the organization announced on Friday. “There are no words to convey the deep sense of loss and sadness we are feeling right … Read More

Auti Angel, the wheelchair dancer dies of cancer

Auti Angel, the wheelchair dancer and choreographer best known for her role in the reality television show Push Girls, has died of invasive breast cancer. She was 52 years old. She first announced her cancer diagnosis in an October 2021 social media video. Angel shared it was a difficult subject to talk about because she had lost her mother to breast cancer, but … Read More

Inuk woman using wheelchair struck and killed by car on Montreal highway

Inuk woman using wheelchair struck and killed by car on Montreal highway Woman using wheelchair struck and killed Woman in wheelchair struck on highway The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS) confirmed that the Inuk woman struck on Highway 520 in Montreal has died of her injuries on Aug 19, 2022. The young woman was from Puvirnituq … Read More

Jeff Healey dies at 41 from cancer

Jeff Healey dies at 41 from cancer Legendary Toronto blues guitarist and old-style jazz aficionado Jeff Healey died Sunday in Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Hospital after a lifelong battle with a rare form of cancer — retinoblastoma — that blinded him in his first year. He was 41. Legendary Toronto musician Jeff Healey specialized in blues-based rock and sold more than … Read More

Blind Surry man dies after being hit by car

Blind Surry man dies after being hit by car James Miekka, a blind Surry man who was killed Aug. 19, 2014 in a Surry crash, was profiled in a 2009 Ellsworth American article about an invention allowing him to target shoot. SURRY — A blind Surry man died Tuesday morning on the Toddy Pond Road after being struck by a … Read More

Blind man dies from fall after getting out of hospital

Blind man released from hospital before death fall. Family handout Mark Williams had been discharged from hospital after cancer treatment shortly before his death A blind man with cancer died after falling from the balcony of his flat in an assisted living complex, a pre-inquest review has heard. Mark Williams was discovered outside Potters Court, run by Apex Care, in … Read More

Brown, Capernicus R burn victim for years dies

Brown, Capernicus R. December 17, 2020 Obituaries Capernicus R. “Caper” Brown, 41, of Galesburg, died at 12:35 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2020, at Unity Point Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, from ongoing complications caused by a burn injury when he was 10 years old. Caper was born October 4, 1979, in Galesburg, the son of Sherri Aleen Lewis and Ronald Ray … Read More