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As our own Scott Von Doviak tipped you yesterday, beloved character actor, Oscar winner, and voice of God Morgan Freeman was involved in a somewhat serious car accident on Monday, having flipped his car while driving down a rural road in Mississippi. After reports that the 71-year-old actor fell asleep at the wheel and had to be removed from the car via the jaws of life (and subsequent, albeit incorrect, information that he was in critical condition), there was much trepidation in film blogger circles that we'd be having to write his obituary today. Happily, the Seasame Street vet/Metatron proved more resilient than we thought; he's reported today to be in good spirits, joking with doctors and reporters, with not much more than a broken arm and elbow and hopes to get released from the hospital within a few days. So relax, office wags -- your "Driving Miss Daisy" jokes will now seem merely lame and not completely tasteless.
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