Actor Michael McKean of ‘Laverne & Shirley' struck by car on upper West Side in Manhattan

NY Daily News ^ | 5/22/12 | SARAH ARMAGHAN

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The 'This is Spinal Tap' star was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in critical condition, fire officials said.

“Laverne & Shirley” star Michael McKean was injured when he was struck by a car on the upper West Side Tuesday afternoon, police sources said.

McKean, 64, a New York City native who played Lenny on the hit television show, was seen bleeding from the head after a car barreled into him at W. 86th St. and Broadway just before 3 p.m., witnesses and the FDNY said.

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Yes you’re right, Squiggy is still around.

He and Lenny appeared recently on TV Land’s annual awards show. The cast of Laverne and Shirley got an award for this year’s favorite old show.

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GATB?

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As one who drove a truck past that intersection hundreds of afternoons in the 90’s, my guess is that he tried crossing against the light or stepped out past the parking lane against the light. Fellow I worked with killed a pedestrian who stepped off the center mall on B’way right in front of his truck in the same neighborhood.
Once on my way downtown I had to brake quickly to avoid a jay-walker between 71 & 72 and B’way. Fellow crossing against the light at 72 walked smack into the side of my truck with his face. Started screaming at me for stopping as he tried to stop his nose and mouth from bleeding. Luckily a cop saw the whole thing and told him to shut up and me to be on my way. (I took his badge number, gave it to my boss and never heard another thing about it)

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and as the INS Inspector in Coneheads - da movie

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Proud of it too :)

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;’)

[Rastus]

To this day, I think Johnny 5 is the only former robotic military weapon to become a naturalized citizen.

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***UPDATE***

Michael McKean tweets he’s a ‘lucky man’ after being hit by car
By Sarah Anne Hughes

Michael McKean. (Charles Sykes - AP) Just one day after being hit by a car on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, actor Michael McKean returned to Twitter to declare himself a “lucky man.”

The “This Is Spinal Tap” star tweeted late Wednesday, “Lucky man: best wife, great kids, awesome docs and nurses, priceless friends; a little overwhelmed by the sweet tweets. Love all y’all.”

Indeed, after the accident McKean, who suffered a broken leg and other injuries ....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/michael-mckean-tweets-hes-a-lucky-man-after-being-hit-by-car/2012/05/24/gJQA1HzsmU_blog.html

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Thanks!

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Good thing he wasn’t the drummer in Spinal Tap, or else, he would have been toast.

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The day that happened my local Fox station showed the Simpsons episode where his L&S co-star Sqiggy was killed in a flood. Weird.