<P> More than once he had a severe reaction to a drug . In Kessler, he tried a drug named Sygen which was theorized to help reduce damage to the spinal cord . The drug caused him to go into anaphylactic shock, and his heart stopped . He claimed to have had an out - of - body experience and remembered saying, "I'm sorry, but I have to go now", during the event . In his autobiography, he wrote, "and then I left my body . I was up on the ceiling...I looked down and saw my body stretched out on the bed, not moving, while everybody--there were 15 or 20 people, the doctors, the EMTs, the nurses--was working on me . The noise and commotion grew quieter as though someone were gradually turning down the volume ." After receiving a large dose of epinephrine, he woke up and stabilized later that night . </P> <P> In 2002 and 2004, Reeve survived several serious infections believed to have originated from his bone marrow . He recovered from three that could have been fatal . </P> <P> In early October 2004, he was being treated for an infected pressure ulcer that was causing sepsis, a complication he had experienced many times before . On October 4th, he spoke at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on behalf of the Institute's work . This was to be his last reported public appearance . On October 9, Reeve felt well and attended his son Will's hockey game . That night, he went into cardiac arrest after receiving an antibiotic for the infection . He fell into a coma and was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York . Eighteen hours later, on October 10, 2004, Reeve died at age 52 . His doctor, John McDonald, believed an adverse reaction to the antibiotic caused Reeve's death . </P> <P> His remains were cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery . A memorial service for Reeve was held at the Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut, which his wife attended . </P>

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