Morgan’s friend and fellow comedian James McNair was killed in the crash.
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However, he made an unexpected return to the stage at the TV prizegiving to present the final award of the night, Outstanding Drama Series, to Game of Thrones. “I just feel in some form or fashion, he should have acknowledged my brother – his mentor – because he lost his life”.
Emmy red carpet: See what all the stars are wearing! “Well, Jimmy, thanks to my fantastic doctors and the support of my family, my lovely new wife, I’m here”. “[Kay] said, ‘What you want to do is let Hollywood welcome you home.’ And I loved that idea”. “I suffered a dramatic brain injury that put me in a coma for eight days”. He didn’t always hit on all cylinders, but he scored big laughs with his pretaped segments, including his hilarious song-and-dance number to open the show, and a sendup of the famous “Mad Men”/Coca Cola commercial.
When asked how he could jump back into comedy after going through his physical tragedy, Morgan said: “Because if God gets through to it, he gets you through it. I’m here”.
Fourteen months after nearly perishing in a horrific auto crash, Tracy Morgan is ready to go back to work. “And one day I came across his funeral on YouTube and I just – I lost it for about a week”.
And Morgan did walk down the aisle – after exchanging emotional vows – with his new wife, and the couple are looking forward to what’s ahead of them.
“I missed you guys so much”, Morgan said, after the crowd finally sat down. “I hope the the thing that happened to me can be prevented now-from people just dying on the road”.
Morgan lightened the mood around the Microsoft Theater with his signatory humor, cracking some top class jokes.
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After more than a year-long process of rehabilitation, Morgan will take a different stage on October . 17 when he returns to Saturday Night Live to host the show for a second time.
