Robin Williams was Christopher Reeve's first hospital visitor after an accident and made him laugh with this strange joke

Superman star Christopher Reeve's career ended in 1995 when he was involved in a horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down – an injury so severe that he questioned whether there was any point in continuing. But the love and support of his wife Dana Reeve and his family gave him the strength to carry on for another nine years – a story told in the new documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” screening in select theaters will be released September 21, 2024. In the film, Christopher's son Will Reeve, who was only about 12 years old at the time of his father's death, talks about the first person who visited his father in the hospital after his accident: none other than an actor and comedian Robin Williams. D. Morrison/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Will explained: “Robin was dad’s best friend and you show up for your friends.