'It's Shocking': Christopher Reeve's Son and 'GMA' Correspondent Will, 34, Reveals Rare Testicular Cancer Diagnosis
Christopher Reeve's son, Will, revealed he had testicular cancer.
Sept. 29 2026, Published 10:27 a.m. ET
Christopher Reeve's youngest son has revealed he was diagnosed with a rare form of testicular cancer earlier this year, RadarOnline.com can report.
Will Reeve, a correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America, received the diagnosis in April, when his new wife, whom he wed in January, encouraged him to get tested after he noticed a lump.
Will Reeve Details His Cancer Battle
Will Reeve went for testing at the encouragement of his new wife, Amanda.
Reeve, 34, first noticed a tender lump while in the shower.
"I assumed it was nothing or would go away," he told People. But his wife of three months, Amanda Dubin Reeve, 30, urged him to get an ultrasound.
"I was stunned," Reeve recalled.
In early May, he underwent an orchiectomy, the standard surgical procedure for testicular cancer. But further test results revealed that 95 percent of the testicular cancer found was embryonal carcinoma, an aggressive form of the disease.
That discovery resulted in a six-hour surgery on June 10 to remove dozens of lymph nodes in his abdomen. Three of those tested positive for testicular cancer, leading to two rounds of chemotherapy.
Will Reeve has Suffered a Lifetime of Tragedies
Will Reeve was two years old when his father, Christopher, became paralyzed.
Reeve is currently cancer-free, but will have scans and bloodwork three to four times a year to check for any recurrence of the disease. The real-life mild-mannered reporter also banked some of his sperm to ensure he and Amanda can start a family of their own someday.
Will was just two years old when his Superman star father was left paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia, in May 1995.
Christopher Reeve relied on a wheelchair and ventilator for the next two decades, before his death on October 10, 2004 at age 52.
Less than two years later, Will's mom, Dana Reeve, died from lung cancer, even though she had never smoked a day in her life. Dana was 44.
Will Reeve Received Treatment at the Same Facility as His Mother
Will battled his cancer at the same hospital that treated his mother's disease.
During his cancer battle, Will found himself in the same medical facility that cared for his mom – which had a humanizing effect on him.
"The irony is not lost on me that 20 years after my mom died of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, there I was in the same building getting treated for cancer," he said. "I was experiencing life as each of my parents at the same time."
"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," Will continued.
"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."
Will Reeve Has a New Outlook on Life
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Will Reeve has found a new appreciation for life.
Will said the cancer battle taught him to pay attention to his body. It also helped him find a new appreciation for life.
"I've had a lot happen in my life. But none of it until now had happened to me in a way," Will recounted. "My dad got injured and then the next nine years a lot of our focus was taking care of him and making sure that we had as full and happy a life as possible, while also facing the realities of my dad being paralyzed and in a wheelchair, unable to move or breathe on his own.
"And then he died, and I had to learn what grief was.
"And shortly after that, my mom, who had never smoked, gets sick with lung cancer and then dies, and I learned grief all over again at a different level."
