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From: mike@amdcad.UUCP (Mike Parker)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.comics
Subject: Re: Berke Breathed of Bloom County injured in plane crash
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 11:30:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 11:30:10 1986
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In article <2674@colossus.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Not sure if everyone knew it yet or not, but Berke Breathed, writer
>and artist of the BLOOM COUNTY comic strip was injured in a plane
>crash a week or so ago.  Apparently he suffered a fractured


He crashed in an ultralight, basically a motorized hang glider. It
was at least three weeks ago, because that is when I read the bit in
the local paper about the Albequerque hospital that is treating him
requesting that people stop sending flowers as they had no more room
to handle them. 

He's lucky to be alive, we are lucky he is alive. Hopefully he will
find some less dangerous toys for the future.

Mike

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