30 Rock and Saturday Night Live star Tracy Morgan was left in a medically induced coma after a serious car accident in the late spring of 2014. The comedian nearly died, and the accident claimed the life of longtime friend James McNair.
The 45-year-old actor was in a luxury Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van with six other people when it was hit, causing the vehicle to flip over.
Morgan’s assistant Jeffrey Millea and fellow comedian Ardie Fuqua were also critically injured.
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Now, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey for OWN’s Soul Sunday, Morgan is saying he found a little bit of comfort while he was in the coma, because he saw his late father right before his eyes. Morgan’s father died of AIDS in 1987.
“When you’re in a coma for eight to 10 days, you’re basically knocking on the door,” Morgan said to Winfrey. “I don’t know if I was in the coma or in and out of the coma, but I remember … I was talking to my dad.”
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“He had this green, this green thing on,” Morgan continues. “I just remember him saying, ‘I’m not ready for you, son.'”
“I started crying so hard,” he says. “Probably harder than I cried at his funeral. I just kept saying, ‘Dad.’ He was my best friend in life.”
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Morgan is slowly getting back into the acting game following his accident, hosting SNL last year and even making a surprise appearance at this year’s Oscars ceremony.
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