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Camden News - by DAN CARRIER
Published: 31 December 2008

Eddie Izzard

Comedian Eddie Izzard’s special gift to victim of Mumbai terror

FUNNYMAN Eddie Izzard gave a private performance of his current sell-out show – to a Hampstead man who was badly injured in the recent Mumbai terror attacks.
Will Pike, 28, is currently recovering from serious injuries and is bed-bound in a south London spinal unit.
He had two tickets to see the comic over Christmas but had to return them: and when Izzard heard why, he showed up at Will’s bedside and did the entire 90-minute show.
Mr Pike had been at the end of a holiday with his girlfriend Kelly Doyle when they checked in to the Taj Mahal hotel.
The pair had tried to escape the terrorist attack by climbing out of their hotel window on an improvised rope made of bedsheets, towels and curtains.
Tragically, it unravelled as Will clambered down – his girlfriend had made it safely to the ground – and he fell nearly three storeys, breaking his back.

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