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January 7, 2010 by · Comments Off on Page Six 

artie-lange-pic_300x420Page Six:The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting this morning that the abrupt hospitalization of Artie Lange last weekend came after a suicide attempt.

Lange, a comedian and Howard Stern sidekick, has not spoken publicly since. Stern alluded to, but did not read the Page Six report Thursday.

From the report, posted early this morning:

“Troubled comic Artie Lange was hospitalized Saturday after stabbing himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt, sources told The Post.”

“Lange’s frantic mom called 911 Saturday morning after she entered his Hoboken apartment and found the bloodied funnyman, a law-enforcement source said.”

“Lange sustained six ‘hesitation wounds’ and three deep plunges.”

“A source close to Lange’s management team confirmed that the Howard Stern sidekick stabbed himself, adding that his mom had come to visit him that day to drop off food. Surgeons managed to save Lange despite heavy bleeding.”

At first, an obviously shaken-up Stern said he would read the Artie Lange story, then changed his mind several times before deciding not to.

“I’m sorry. I just feel sick about this, I don’t know what to do,” he said.

Stern talked about the troubled Lange for about 15 minutes. He referred to Lange’s troubles with substance abuse (the cause of his absence from the show since early December) and reminisced about his early appearances on the show.

At times, Howard Stern almost sounded like he was eulogizing his sidekick, which he realized, adding, “I don’t want this to sound like a eulogy.”

Get well soon, Artie.

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