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November 16, 2010 | 10:33 pm
Popular TV personality Bill Nye collapsed onstage Tuesday night in front of hundreds of audience members during a presentation at USC, campus officials said.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics and USC's department of public safety responded to the scene about 8:40 p.m., but it was unclear if Nye was treated or required transport. There was no information available on his condition late Tuesday.
Some accounts posted on Twitter said Nye fainted more than once and demonstrated slurred speech.
Nye, 54, is best known for making science palatable to young audiences through humor and elaborate contraptions on the Emmy Award-winning show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” that ran during the 1990s.
The Studio City resident was scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. at Bovard Auditorium about his experience on the show and his views on science education.
[Updated at 10:52 p.m.: Tristan Camacho, a USC senior who attended the lecture, said Nye was walking toward the podium when he collapsed mid-sentence. "Then after about 10 seconds, he popped back up with much gusto and asked everybody how long he was out for and went on with a story about how a similar thing happened to him that morning."
Nye appeared determined to finish his presentation, but began slurring his words and stumbled against his laptop, Camacho said. At first, Nye refused the offer of a chair and continued taking sips from a water bottle. Camacho said Nye was eventually removed from the stage.
"Nobody went to his aid at the very beginning when he first collapsed -- that just perplexed me beyond reason," USC senior Alastair Fairbanks said. "Instead, I saw students texting and updating their Twitter statuses. It was just all a very bizarre evening."]
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Source: [url]http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/11/bill-nye-the-science-guy-faints-usc.html[/url]
Bill Nye faints, so I alert the News forum first and foremost :geno:
:ohdear:
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Oh shit! :ohdear:
:ohdear:... Poor Bill Nye.
I liked how he acted like it wasnt a big deal. Good thing he is an optimist.
I would've helped him. He is like Carl Sagan to me, he can't die... :ohdear:
I hope he's okay. :ohdear:
I bet his wife is trying to poison him again.
[QUOTE=Source][b]Tristan Camacho, a USC senior who attended the lecture, said Nye was walking toward the podium when he collapsed mid-sentence. "Then after about 10 seconds, he popped back up with much gusto and asked everybody how long he was out for and went on with a story about how a similar thing happened to him that morning."[/b][/QUOTE]
This is awesome.
[quote=Also Source][B]Nye appeared determined to finish his presentation, but began slurring his words and stumbled against his laptop, Camacho said. At first, Nye refused the offer of a chair and continued taking sips from a water bottle. Camacho said Nye was eventually removed from the stage.[/B][/quote]
This is worrying.
We used to listen to this guys experiments way back, he's looking so much damn older :(
Carl Sagan/Bill Nye are troopers.
I'm sure he's fine, the story is dated from last night. We would've heard something since then.
I like Bill Nye. Hope he will be ok.
I love Bill Nye <3
Aka: Bill Nye demonstrates the effects of gravity on the human body.
He isn't even that old, hopefully he'll turn out fine.
:ohdear:
Hope he'll be fine!
He was just drunk :saddowns:
Poor fellow, I hope he's alright.
...Damn, I still get him confused with Bill Nighy.
Science overload
Silly scientist, drinks are for evenings!
Bill Nye has aged like milk.
What a badass.
Not the collapsing, but the getting back up and continuing.
Not my science guy!
I mentally pictured him chanting "BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL" while on the floor and laughed, then felt bad.
[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;26122767]Do you think it [b]matters[/b] that he landed on someones [b]property?[/b][/QUOTE]
Oh god
dat inertia
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[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;26122767]Do you think it [b]matters[/b] that he landed on someones [b]property?[/b][/QUOTE]
I see what you did there
Sounds like BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL, BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL.
Could just be something as simple as low blood pressure, or something more serious.
Though I've never fainted from low blood pressure, just blacked out, I assume if it was low enough you could faint.
Oh god no please be ok
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