Die, sensationalistic news stories!

Good news on the Morgan Freeman front as various outlets report that he has no life-threatening injuries, but a couple broken bones.

Freeman, 71, suffered a broken shoulder and a broken arm in the accident and elected to have surgery immediately on his arm, friends said. Business partner Bill Luckett of Clarksdale said Freeman was in good spirits. “He’s worried about his golf swing,” Luckett said [while winking and shooting the reporter with a finger pistol while biting a cigar, I imagine -Ed.]

Information about Freeman’s female passenger, Demaris Meyer of Memphis, was not available. Freeman and Meyer were airlifted to Regional Medical Center at Memphis for treatment. [Clarion-Ledger]

Can you break a shoulder?  I was under the impression that the shoulder was a joint, not a bone.  But I’m not a doctor, I just play one with the neighborhood children.  Anyway, it appears he’s going to be okay, and with any luck, ready to star in the series of motivational videos I just finished writing, Morgan Freeman Gives You Life Lessons While Sitting on the Crapper.