Posted on 08/04/2008 10:00:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly known as The Med, is an acute-care teaching facility which serves patients within 150 miles of Memphis. Ashley Norris, manager of the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which is owned by Freeman, confirmed the actor was in an accident but said she had no other details. Clay McFerrin, editor of Sun Sentinel in Charleston, said he arrived at the accident scene on Mississippi Highway 32 soon after it happened about four miles west of Charleston, not far from where Freeman owns a home with his wife. Mr McFerrin said it appeared that Freeman's car was airborne when it left the highway and landed in a ditch. "They had to use the jaws of life (hydraulic cutters) to extract him from the vehicle," he said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point." Mr McFerrin said bystanders converged on the scene trying to get a glimpse of the actor. Freeman won an Oscar in 2005 for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for Million Dollar Baby.
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Wow - somebody else who remembers the excellent show, "The Electric Company". My kids LOVED that show.
Just sent “Bucket List” back to Netflix. It was great - I can’t stand Nicholson as a person, but he and Freemen were truly excellent.
Just sent “Bucket List” back to Netflix. It was great - I can’t stand Nicholson as a person, but he and Freeman were truly excellent.
Freudian slip? Did you mean Morgan Freepman?
Wish HE was running for President.
Prayers for the man, and for his passenger.
He IS a classy guy! A great actor too....one of few left in Hollywood that has REAL talent. Prayers for a speedy recovery.
Or Morgan Freeman?
Freudian slip? Did you mean Morgan Freepman?
Wish HE was running for President.
Prayers for the man, and for his passenger.
While I like him as an actor.....he's a liberal.
He's endorsed Obama.
I wish him well.........but he's no Reagan!!!
Freepman vs. Freeman. It was a joke. Either way. Ideally, Morgan Freeman would be a Freeper and run for Prez. He’d get more votes than McCain.
That's what I thought....but wanted confirmation.
Thanks-
If I believed in such things I would think there was a curse on that move “The Dark Knight”
First a camera man dies on the set during a stunt (Conway Wickliffe)
Then Heath Ledger overdoses
Then Christian Bale gets into legal trouble
Then Morgan Freeman is in a serious car accident
Where was he in "Journey"?
What's his "Bacon Number?"
"Ill"? British English? We would say "MF is in 'critical condition' following a car crash."
I read through the article to see if there were any complications following the injury which might be called an "illness", but I didn't see any and that is good news.
71 is not that old and I hope his relative "youth" assists in a rapid recovery.
Yeah, that’s British English. They need to learn how to talk........................./s
Three.
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