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Blaine Offers Farrow Hunger Strike Tips

Illusionist's starvation tips help Farrow endure fast for Darfur

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2009 8:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Mia Farrow took advice from a pro before going on a hunger strike for Darfur, the New York Daily News reports. Farrow says illusionist David Blaine—who once spent 44 seemingly food-free days sealed inside a Plexiglass case—told her the hunger pangs would stop six days in, and to drink plenty of water. Farrow is now into her fourth day of fasting and has vowed to make it three weeks.

David Blaine is silhouetted against the London Eye as he begins his second week suspended in a glass box without food in 2003.
David Blaine is silhouetted against the London Eye as he begins his second week suspended in a glass box without food in 2003.   (Getty Images)
Mia Farrow addresses journalists after her return from a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo late last year.
Mia Farrow addresses journalists after her return from a three-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo late last year.   (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
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Mia Farrow talks with CNN's Larry King about her hunger strike to raise awareness for Darfur.   (CNN Video)

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What I am going through now is nothing compared what the people of Darfur are facing. When I feel hunger pangs and my head aches, I think of them.
- Mia Farrow

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