Aug 04 2008
News: Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident
According to HOLBROOK MOHR of the Associated Press (Full Story), my absolute favorite actor has been injured in a car accident. Here is an excerpt from the article: “Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being seriously injured in a car accident near his home in Mississippi.Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Freeman, 71, is in serious condition. The hospital is about 90 miles north of the accident scene in rural Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi Delta.Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Ben Williams said Freeman was driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima belonging to Demaris Meyer of Memphis when the car left a rural highway and flipped several times shortly before midnight Sunday.“There’s no indication that either alcohol or drugs were involved,” Williams said. He said both Freeman and Meyer were wearing seat belts. The woman’s condition was not immediately available.
Freeman was airlifted to the hospital in Tennessee.”
Now I have to say, I am a little worried about Mr. Freeman. He is an inspiration to me in more ways than one. For a number of little boys growing up where I’m from, Morgan Freeman 
provided a role model that was opposite of thug characters presented by other characters on-screen. I admire the man greatly and my prayers are with him. I am mad, however, that they told his age. I didn’t know he was that old! I know he was in a lot of old movies, but I never put two and two together. I mean, I don’t even know what year Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry was produced, but I know it’s old and Morgan was in it! Okay! What about Driving Miss Daisy? Wait, I think that came out in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Morgan Freeman has been in some of the more profoundly moving movies every produced. I love Shawshank Redemption, and I watch Lean on Me every single time it comes on network television (although I own the video myself). Join me in prayer for Mr. Freeman. I pray for his recovery and I hope that he is back producing/acting/whatever he feels like doing.. very soon. And I don’t care how old he is…. he’s stilly sexy!
