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Booze Lands Hoff in Hospital...Again

Lawyer claims story only broke thanks to ex

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2009 8:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – David Hasselhoff was hospitalized, yet again, with alcohol poisoning Saturday, Radar reports. His daughter—not the one who videotaped him drunkenly eating a burger—found him unconscious on the floor of his home and called her mother, Pamela Bach, who rushed the one-time Michael Knight... Read full story »

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Booze Lands Hoff in Hospital...Again

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