‘30 Rock’ star OK after Utah collapse
January 23, 2012 8:52PM
FILE - In this June 21, 2011 file photo, comedian and actor Tracy Morgan arrives at a news conference with Kevin Rogers, right, in Nashville, Tenn. The publicist for comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor wasn't drinking when he collapsed Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)
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Updated: February 25, 2012 8:18AM
PARK CITY, Utah — Comedian Tracy Morgan said he’ll be back at work on his sitcom “30 Rock” Tuesday after being hospitalized while attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Morgan’s publicist, Lewis Kay, said the actor suffered from exhaustion and altitude when he collapsed Sunday in Park City, where the elevation is 7,000 feet.
Hospital officials reported no drugs or alcohol were found in Morgan’s system, Lewis said.
“Superman ran into a little kryptonite,” Morgan tweeted Monday. “The high altitude in Utah shook up this kid from Brooklyn.”
Morgan was promoting “Predisposed,” one of the 100 films at the festival, in which he plays a drug dealer named Sprinkles.
Co-director Ron Nyswaner said Morgan’s collapse resulted from “altitude sickness combined with his diabetes. And he hadn’t eaten. He hadn’t had enough water.”
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