Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma

Gandhi director, 85, in hospital after 'banging his head'
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 21, 2008 11:37 AM CST
Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma
British film director Richard Attenborough and wife Sheila Sim arrive for the service for Diana, princess of Wales in London, Friday Aug. 31, 2007.   (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Acclaimed director and actor Sir Richard Attenborough fell at his London home and briefly slipped into a coma, reports the Times of London. The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, 85, is recovering in the hospital, but his family is unsure whether he'll be home for Christmas. Attenborough received a pacemaker after a recent blackout caused by a heart irregularity.
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