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- dbloc
Comedian Gallagher has been placed in a medically induced coma following a heart attack at a Texas bar before his show Wednesday.
Gallagher's promotional manager, Christine Scherrer, says the 65-year-old is sedated and "slowly recovering" after collapsing Wednesday night.
Scherrer said the comedian will remain in the coma for the next 24 hours to relax and recover, People.com reports. She said the comedians family is with him and that the doctors think his vital signs are good.
Marc Cummins, the manager of Coach Joe's Hat Tricks in Lewisville, Texas, says says the club's promotions director performed CPR on Gallagher before paramedics arrived. Gallagher had reportedly just finished conducting a meet-and-greet with fans before collapsing ahead of his show.
Last March, the comedian best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer suffered a minor heart attack after collapsing during a performance in Minnesota. His full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher.
- detritus0
QBN—
Tomorrow's watercooler goss, today.
- mg330
Heard this on the radio yesterday afternoon.
How the hell anyone ever found his "comedy" entertaining is so beyond my comprehension. People must have had the worst senses of humor back when he was doing this nonsense:
That is so dumb, so absurd, so miserable to me on so many levels. The way the crowd reacts in jubilation to individual bits in the whole thing. Where did these people live? Where did they come from?
- when I was a kid, I thought he was hilariousmonospaced
- I get that, but look at those adults - in a sociological way I would LOVE to know what kind of lives they had.mg33
- I'm not putting them down... :) This just goes well with my fascination with where we found humor pre-Internet.mg33
- wordmonospaced
- i laughed74LEO
- It's redneck humor before Foxworthy and the cable guy.calcium
- cruddlebub0
never heard of him.
- ifeltdave0
"Scherrer said the comedian will remain in the coma for the next 24 hours to relax and recover.."
How can I book myself one of these "comas"?
- scarabin0
watermelons everywhere breathe a collective sigh of relief
- waterhouse0
The worst of all bad comedians.
Not the least bit humble or even affable in person, from everything I've read.
Doctors made a smart call.
- fooler0
I know, I know, it's serious...
Do you really think he'll pull through?
Do you really think he'll pull through?
Do you?
- 74LEO0
didn't he have a brother that was doing his same act and they were suing one another?
- plash0
from his website:
How does a slut feel? Whore-a-ble.
http://www.gallaghersmash.com/
- dbloc0
his brother actually looks just like him.
