Jean Reno Suffers Serious Heart Attack While on Vacation
The 60-year-old French actor was airlifted to a hospital on the Caribbean island of Martinique… no word on his status so far. (Thanks to Danno for the heads up.)
Update: According to his publicist, it was not a heart attack and he “probably ate a little too much spicy Caribbean food”.
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It seems as though this may have just been a rumour.
I couldn’t find any more sources to verify this but i did find this link saying that it was false…
http://www.news4jax.com/entertainmenttonight/17256742/detail.html
Good news if its just a rumour.
Posted by Danno on August 21st, 2008Yeah it seems like it was just indigestion or something.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1047792/Leon-actor-Jean-Reno-laughs-heart-attack-reports-brief-hospitalisation-minor-problem.html
Posted by Sean on August 21st, 2008Glad it’s a false alarm, but it also got me thinking again on how it’s such a shame that Reno and Besson made the incredible Léon / The Professional and then did jack-shit. Besson especially disappointed. Ah well, live long and prosper, Jean!
Posted by Bas on August 21st, 2008One time I was eating this soup at a Caribbean restaurant and my girlfriend started translating the menu and said, “Um, I think you’re eating pig ear soup.” And sure enough, I was had eaten like eight fucking pig ears. I guess down there they just gotta eat whatever they can get their hands on …
Posted by Joel on August 21st, 2008Leave a Reply