According to People, the 34-year-old son of “Superman” star Christopher Reeve received the cancer diagnosis in the spring, which then spread to lymph nodes in his abdomen. Reeve is now cancer-free, as of a check-up on Sept. 8. Reeve was inspired to share his story with the world by his parents.
In 1995, when Will was 2 years old, his father was thrown from a horse and paralyzed from the neck down. He became an advocate for spinal cord injury awareness and research alongside his wife, Dana Reeve, launching the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Christopher died in 2004 at the age of 52, and Dana died two years later from lung cancer at the age of 44.
Will paid tribute to his parents alongside his siblings Matthew and Alexandra in the documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” which released in 2024. Cancer was detected and in May, he got the cancerous testicle removed. More testing then revealed that the cancer had spread to lymph nodes in his abdomen.
Reeve then underwent a six-hour surgery in June to remove them and began chemotherapy. But this was a heck of a chapter.” Though it was difficult, Reeve said the whole experience made him feel closer to his late parents. Because I was a cancer patient at Memorial Sloan Kettering, I was getting a firsthand experience at what my mother went through.
Simultaneously, I was learning more about what it was like to be my dad in the final nine years of his life, where he had my mom and our family taking care of him. And there I was with my wife, who, since the day I met her, has reminded me in so many ways of my mom, now playing the role of wife and caregiver.” Reeve said he’d often head from “Good Morning America” to the hospital for chemo, and took a few days off after each session to recover. He finished his final round on July 31.
Yes, I had to jump through some flaming hoops to get to the other side, but it could have been much worse had I ignored it or delayed going to the doctor.” Read Reeve’s full interview with People here.
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