OT: Morgan Freeman in serious car accident

[MidNightTrain]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug ... an.freeman

Always liked him, hope he can pull through this

[Michigan Girl]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug/04/morgan.freeman

Always liked him, hope he can pull through this

LOVE HIM!!!! Prayers to him and his passenger!!!

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug/04/morgan.freeman

Always liked him, hope he can pull through this

Just read about this before i came on here - hope he makes it - fine actor - good guy

[Jenna]

Excellent Actor--one of my favorites--Pray that all goes well for him -

[Arkansas]

He always seemed to me like a real average joe - ya know, someone to have beers with while you worked on something and talked politics.


later~

[Sassie]

I sure hope he and the passenger are going to be ok. He is one of my favorite actors also.

[DSHinMICH]

Oh wow! He is also one of my favs! Thoughts and prayers to him and his friend!

[scarygirl]

I was reading an article.. Apparently passers by were snapping photos of him as he was being pulled from his car. He jokingly said "no freebies, please." Still, how discusting can people be to snap photos at an accident scene. I know all about Princess Diana, but talk about low class.

[X factor]

I was reading an article.. Apparently passers by were snapping photos of him as he was being pulled from his car. He jokingly said "no freebies, please." Still, how discusting can people be to snap photos at an accident scene. I know all about Princess Diana, but talk about low class.

Agreed- that was my first thought!

Get well, Morgan!

[jrnyval]

Definitely one of my fave actors!! I hope he pulls through as well as his passenger!!!

[stevew2]

I first thought it was Morgan Fairchild. that dude is a great actor

[Tito]

Lean on Me great movie.

[stevew2]

Lean on Me great movie.

I kill you if you sing that song

[ProgRocker53]

My prayers go out, Morgan Freeman is a class dude.

[separate_wayz]

He was in a Nissan Maxima in northern Mississippi?!? WTF?!?

The last I saw him, he was breaking parole, riding in a Trailways bus, hangin' outside the window, with a one-way ticket to Ft. Hancock, Texas, trying to make his way to Zihuatanejo to meet up with Andy Dufresne ........

Who knows ..... maybe he was driving Miss Daisy Werthan around or somethin' ..... hmmm, yeah, that must be it .....

[wednesday's child]

Morgan Freeman in good spirits with broken arm after crash, says publicist
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/aug ... reeman.usa

The Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was said to be in "good spirits" in hospital today after breaking his arm and elbow in a car crash.

Freeman was driving near his home in Charleston, Mississippi, when his car flipped over several times late on Sunday. The actor and a female companion were cut free by emergency workers before being airlifted to a hospital 90 miles away in Memphis, Tennessee. Early reports from the hospital described his condition as "serious".

Freeman's publicist, Donna Lee, said the actor "has a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage, but is in good spirits". The 71-year-old is expected to make a "good" recovery, she told the showbiz website TMZ.com.

Clay McFerrin, the editor of the Charleston Sun Sentinel newspaper, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident, said Freeman had been conscious and talking to rescuers.

"They had to use the jaws of life [hydraulic cutters] to extract him from the vehicle," McFerrin said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point."

His account was confirmed by state troopers, who said the 1997 Nissan Maxima that Freeman was driving had apparently gone off the road. The actor overcorrected, causing the car to flip over several times before coming to a rest.

Ben Williams, a Mississippi highway patrol sergeant, told the Clarion-Ledger newspaper: "Both [occupants] had some injuries, to what extent I do not know."

Police confirmed that Freeman and his passenger were both wearing seatbelts when the accident happened at 11.30pm local time.

Williams said the car belonged to Demaris Meyer, of Memphis. "There's no indication that either alcohol or drugs were involved," he said. There was no information on Meyer's condition.

Bill Luckett, a friend of Freeman and co-owner of his restaurant, Madidi, said the actor was sitting up and talking at the hospital.

Freeman, who is in pre-production for The Human Factor, in which he plays Nelson Mandela, has made a reputation as the voice of God and the face of the president. The Human Factor, based on a book about the 1995 Rugby World Cup written by a British journalist, co-stars Matt Damon and is being directed by Clint Eastwood.

Freeman won an Oscar in 2004 for his supporting role in Million Dollar Baby - directed by and starring Eastwood - and was most recently seen in the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight. He gained widespread acclaim, and a Golden Globe for best actor, for the 1990 film Driving Miss Daisy. In 1994 he was nominated for best actor for his role as Ellis Boyd Redding in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption.

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[youkeepmewaiting]

It must have been those damn snakes.

[Rhiannon]

It must have been those damn snakes.

Are you talking about Snakes on a Plane...? Cause that was Samuel L. Jackson.

[epresley]

It must have been those damn snakes.

Are you talking about Snakes on a Plane...? Cause that was Samuel L. Jackson.

I love Samuel, but that movie blew.

[brandonx76]

Anyone else think he was getting a blow job?

In all seriousness, hope he's ok

[stevew2]

Anyone else think he was getting a blow job?

In all seriousness, hope he's ok

What is a blow job? progg needs to know

[journeypower]

He was in a Nissan Maxima in northern Mississippi?!? WTF?!?

The last I saw him, he was breaking parole, riding in a Trailways bus, hangin' outside the window, with a one-way ticket to Ft. Hancock, Texas, trying to make his way to Zihuatanejo to meet up with Andy Dufresne ........

Who knows ..... maybe he was driving Miss Daisy Werthan around or somethin' ..... hmmm, yeah, that must be it .....

What is this? the Shawshank Redemption? great movie btw !

[Angiekay]

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- Morgan Freeman's lawyer says the actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce.


A hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday that actor Morgan Freeman was still listed in serious condition.

Freeman's lawyer, Bill Luckett, told the Memphis Commercial-Appeal newspaper that the divorce action is pending. Freeman's wife is Myrna Colley-Lee.

The lawyer declined to provide details. There was no answer early Thursday at phone numbers for Luckett or for Freeman's publicist.

The 71-year-old actor is recovering in a Memphis hospital after a car crash in neighboring Mississippi on Sunday left him with a broken arm, broken elbow and shoulder damage.

The woman who was injured along with Freeman in the car accident apparently is a friend of the Oscar-winning actor who had offered him a ride home, a crash witness says.

Freeman was driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima that authorities said belongs to Demaris Meyer, 48, of Memphis, Tennesee, when the car veered off a rural road Sunday night a few miles from Freeman's home in the Mississippi Delta. The car flipped at least twice.

Bill Rogers, a retired police officer who was the first person to arrive at the scene, said a dazed Freeman told him that he and Meyer were headed to his home in Charleston, a small town some 90 miles south of Memphis.

"He said that she had offered him a ride home; that they were friends and she had offered him a ride home and she didn't really know the way and so he was going to drive the vehicle," Rogers said Tuesday, recalling a conversation he had with the actor.

Luckett told the Commercial Appeal newspaper that Meyer is the actor's friend.

Rogers said he talked to Freeman and Meyer in attempt to keep them conscious -- something he was trained to do as a police officer.

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"They said they were coming from Clarksdale," Rogers said.

Freeman owns several businesses in Clarksdale, about 40 miles from his home, including the Ground Zero Blues Club and a restaurant named Madidi. Ashley Norris, the club's manager, said Wednesday that Freeman had not been there the night of the accident. No one answered the phone at Madadi.

Rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free "The Dark Knight" star and Meyer from the wreckage. Freeman was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Wednesday that Freeman had been upgraded to fair condition. The actor had surgery Monday to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand, according to his publicist, Donna Lee. Lee said Freeman will make a full recovery.

Hospital officials say Meyer isn't listed in the hospital's registry. However, under medical privacy laws, people can request that their names not be listed as patients at a hospital.

A Mississippi Highway Patrol officer said Meyer was in the Tennessee hospital when the agency called to see how she and Freeman were doing Monday night.

Calls to Meyer's home Wednesday were not answered. Her condition was not immediately available. Rogers said Meyer did not appear to be injured as severely as Freeman.

Not much is known about Meyer. Rogers said she appeared to be an avid gardener -- a hobby reportedly enjoyed by Freeman and his wife -- because several gardening tools were flung around the accident scene when the car's trunk was ripped open by the impact.

Freeman won an Oscar for his role in "Million Dollar Baby." His screen credits also include "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Bucket List."

[Gibby]

Anyone else think he was getting a blow job?

In all seriousness, hope he's ok

Same thing I was thinking.

[Michigan Girl]

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) -- Morgan Freeman's lawyer says the actor and his wife of 24 years are getting a divorce.

Hmmm...odd timing for this announcement.....

[brandonx76]

Anyone else think he was getting a blow job?

In all seriousness, hope he's ok

Same thing I was thinking.

LOL, What the Fu__....hahaha. With the divorce being filed, I think it's safe to say I was correct.