Morgan Freeman rescued from crash in Mississsippi with the jaws of life - in hospital now

Author: FanFiltration
Date: 4-Aug-2008, 12:47 PM

Author: FanFiltration
Time: 4-Aug-2008 12:47 PM
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I love this man. Candle lit.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/08/oscar-winning-a.html

'Dark Knight' star Morgan Freeman injured in Mississippi car crash

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in what was called a "serious car accident" in Mississippi last night.

TMZ is reporting that the "Dark Knight" star, and Hollywood's favorite voice of God, was in a car accident around 11:30 Sunday night, just north of Ruleville, Miss.

Freeman was airlifted from the crash scene to a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The news of the wreck was initially reported by MediaTakeout.

Freeman's condition is unknown. State troopers told reporters that the actor was talking before he was taken to the hospital.

An unidentified female passenger was also in the car. Her condition is not known.

Even though he's a hot property in Hollywood, Freeman still calls Mississippi home.

He and his wife, Myrna, live near Charleston, Miss., on a 126-acre ranch with a main house, peach trees and horse stables.

Freeman built the ranch on the same land his grandparents worked, which is where he spent much of his childhood.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

Author: Tiptup
Time: 4-Aug-2008 3:43 PM
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He's a great actor. I hope he's okay.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself. It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

Author: ferris209
Time: 4-Aug-2008 6:14 PM
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Dang, he is one of my all time favorite actors. Great man. Hope he is okay.

Author: Johnny Ringo
Time: 4-Aug-2008 10:27 PM
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Stuntman Morgan?

From what i've heard his condition is serious but certainly not life threatening. I'm sure we'll find out more shortly.

Author: Janskeet
Time: 13-Aug-2008 8:25 PM
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Jesus Christ, we've had George Carlin, Heath Ledger, Tim Russert, Bernie Mac, not Morgan Freeman now! What are they going to do for the next Batman sequel without Morgan Freeman?!! Sure they could work their way around him, but geeze they already lost Heath Ledger and it seems like they weren't ready to let the Joker go in A Dark Knight. It seems like there has been a lot of celebrity deaths this year.

Author: zombie84
Time: 13-Aug-2008 8:59 PM
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Just wait another ten when the baby boomers start dropping like flys. It'll be a celebrity apocalypse.

Author: ferris209
Time: 13-Aug-2008 9:12 PM
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zombie84 said:
Just wait another ten when the baby boomers start dropping like flys. It'll be a celebrity apocalypse.

A very sad, but very true, statement. Talent is really becoming a a commodity these days, very rare, indeed.

Author: zombie84
Time: 13-Aug-2008 10:22 PM
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Its more the fact that there was a birth rate bulge from 1945-1955. I don't think talent is really all that more rarer than it once was, but as quick as all the majors were born all at once, they'll probably all start dying at the same time too. We might see Lucas, Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, John Woo, Pacino, DeNiro, Walter Murch, George Romero, Schwarzenegger, Michael Douglas, Richard Donner, Terry Gilliam, Christopher Walken and Jack Nicholson all die within years of each other. I think the celebrity death watch will really make visible the aging crisis in the USA when that starts to happen.