Christopher Reeve’s son gets job on ESPN
By Alexandra Heilbron on January 29, 2015 | 5 Comments
Christopher Reeve‘s son, Will Reeve, 22, has joined ESPN’s SportsCenter as a TV reporter. Will, who was 11 when his father passed away and 13 when his mother, Dana, died of cancer, played a small role in the 2004 TV movie The Brooke Ellison Story, which was directed by his father.
“I’ll be different from a traditional SportsCenter reporter because I won’t be behind a desk in a suit,” Will told The Wrap. “These stories are not going to appear on air and then fade off – they are going to get an extended life digitally and on social media.”
Christopher was 52 when he died from complications following a riding accident, and Dana was 44 when she died of cancer in 2006.
“Hopefully they would get a kick out it,” Will says of his late parents. “The things I am interested in and passionate about are similar to what they were. My parents definitely define who I am. My dad and I had a huge bond and shared a love of sports. I hope they would be proud and say, ‘Great job,’ no matter what. Then my dad would probably tell me to straighten my tie!” he laughed.
Congratulations. His father and mother would be very proud.
son of Kal El
son of Kal El
his parents would have been proud.
what a tough childhood, losing both parents.
what happened to his sister?
He doesn’t have a sister, unless you mean his older half sister and half brother who are Chris’s kids from a prior relationship.