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Glenn Close Says Robin Williams Would ‘Be Alive’ If Christopher Reeve ‘Was Still Around’


Glenn Close believes that Robin Williams would still be alive if longtime friend Christopher Reeve hadn't died in 2004 at 52 after his tragic accident.

“On Friday evenings, Chris would literally swoop in, piloting his own plane, scoop Robin up and away they would fly for the weekend,” the Oscar winner said in 2017. Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagicAfter his near-fatal horseback riding accident, Reeve recalled Williams’ support before he underwent surgery to reconnect his skull and his spine. At one point, Williams even pretended to be a Russian proctologist who was due to perform an exam on Reeve while he was in the hospital.

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