Christopher Reeve, Another Kind Of Superhero (washingtonpost.com)
The two warring images will be linked forever, each denying -- and completing -- the other: Christopher Reeve, built and beautiful in his Superman suit, roaring invincibly into the stratosphere. And Christopher Reeve, strained and drawn, hooked to a ventilator and living another motionless day in his wheelchair. The cartoon hero had suffered a horrible fall and emerged as a real-life hero.
Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! (Hamlet, 5.2.349)