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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13Injuries of the Rich and Famous
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- By PAUL GRAY/Reported by David Ellis
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- Power and celebrity are not necessarily buffers against the
- odd little vicissitudes of life. Accidents do happen. Ask any
- of the following notables:
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- Richard Darman. Bush's Budget Director usually tries to trip
- up congressional Democrats, but last week he slipped and fell
- on the steps of a McDonald's. It took 100 stitches to repair
- injuries to his head and face.
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- Calvin Klein. The world-famous fashion designer apparently
- isn't cut out for the sporting life: he suffered a concussion,
- two broken ribs, a bruised lung and a head laceration after
- being thrown from a horse on Long Island last month.
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- Dan Rather. The combative CBS News anchor suffered back
- injuries in 1986 when two men accosted him on New York City's
- Park Avenue and roughed him up while mysteriously demanding,
- "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
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- George Steinbrenner. The now deposed Yankee owner once said
- he encountered two loudmouthed Los Angeles Dodgers fans in an
- elevator. While he "clocked" them and broke his hand in the
- process, his victims were never identified.
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- Morton Downey Jr. The acerbic talk-show host claimed he was
- attacked in a San Francisco men's room by Nazi skinheads, who
- chopped off some of his hair and scrawled a swastika across his
- face. Skeptical officials made no arrests.
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