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Tearful Tracy Morgan breaks silence on fatal crash
« on: June 01, 2015, 11:09:00 pm »
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/01/tearful-tracy-morgan-breaks-silence-on-fatal-crash

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LOS ANGELES - A year after he was seriously injured in a car crash that took the life of his friend, Tracy Morgan said he intends to return to the comedy biz once he's completely recovered.

Morgan was tearful in recalling the circumstances of the accident that killed his longtime friend and fellow comedian, James "Jimmy Mack" McNair. "Bones heal," Morgan told "Today" anchor Matt Lauer. "The loss of my friend will never heal."

Morgan suffered brain trauma, a broken legs and other injuries in the June 7, 2014, crash on the New Jersey Turnpike when his bus was rear-ended by the driver of a Walmart truck, who was found to be at fault. The retail giant recently reached a settlement with Morgan and also paid a reported $10 million to McNair's family. Clearly distraught, Morgan called McNair "a loving man, a good man, a warm man."

Morgan recalled his last exchange with McNair involving a joke about former L.A.