Morgan Freeman In Serious Condition

[kantuckyII]

After an automobile accident. I hope he recovers ok and all. He's a great talent and for sure one of the most likeable of actors out there. Even in this shape..check out the jokes he was making

CNN Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in serious condition at a Memphis hospital after being involved in a car accident Sunday night, according to hospital officials.

Morgan Freeman was in serious condition after a car accident Sunday night.

Milla Borden, spokeswoman for the Memphis Regional Medical Center, confirmed that Freeman was a patient at the hospital.

CNN affilliate WMC of Memphis reported that he was in a car accident in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, about 100 miles south of Memphis, late Sunday.

According to The Associated Press, Freeman was "lucid" when the rescue team found his car.

"They had to use the jaws of life to extract him from the vehicle," Clay McFerrin, editor of Sun Sentinel in Charleston, Mississippi, said. "He was lucid, conscious. He was talking, joking with some of the rescue workers at one point."

McFerrin, who told the AP he arrived at the accident scene not long after the incident, said bystanders were trying to get a look at the actor.

When one person tried to snap a photo with a cell phone camera, Freeman joked, "no freebies, no freebies," McFerrin told the AP.

Freeman, 71, won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2005 for his role in the gritty boxing film "Million Dollar Baby." He has been nominated for Oscars three other times, for the movies "Street Smart," "Driving Miss Daisy" and "The Shawshank Redemption."

He's currently starring in two successful summer films, the hitman drama "Wanted" and the blockbuster "The Dark Knight."

He recently starred on Broadway in a production of the Clifford Odets play "The Country Girl."

Freeman was born in Memphis and spent part of his childhood in Mississippi. He owns a club, the Ground Zero Blues Club, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. In a 2005 interview with CNN, he said returning to the area was "one of the smartest moves I've made in life.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

he's a fantastic actor, i wish him a speedy recovery.

[Der_Kommissar1968]

I wonder what kind of low life would take the opportunity to snap a photo of a celebrity in such a precarious position.

[orange-n-brown 365]

I wonder what kind of low life would take the opportunity to snap a photo of a celebrity in such a precarious position.

someone hoping to make a buck

[kantuckyII]

If I remember correctly, I remember hearing about Mickey Mantle laying on the floor of an airplane in air after he'd had a heart attack and one of the other passengers actually ask him for his autograph. Mantle laughed and said that he guess that guy was hoping he'd get the last one and be able to sell it for a lot of money

[ghostwriter]

Just heard on the News....He will be fine and expects a full recovery....Did not mention anything about the female passenger....