Gallagher Slowly Being Taken Out Of Sedation
LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - The comedian Gallagher is expected to be out of a medically induced coma by Saturday after suffering a heart attack at a North Texas bar before going on stage for a show.
Gallagher's promotional manager, Christine Scherrer, said Friday that the 65-year-old is being slowly taken out of sedation. She says he had two stents replaced after collapsing Wednesday night at Coach Joe's Hat Tricks in Lewisville.
Marc Cummins, the manager of Coach Joe's Hat Tricks, says the comedian collapsed in his office about 20 minutes before a show that was due to start at 9 p.m. A twitter picture from a fan shows the comedian at the club Wednesday afternoon prior to his performance.
Cummins says the club's promotions director performed CPR on Gallagher before paramedics arrived.
Last March, the comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, is best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer suffered a minor heart attack after collapsing during a performance in Minnesota.
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