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EXPLAINED: Ian mckellen 85 in hospital after falling off stage | Rare Historical Photos

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Sir Ian McKellen has been hospitalised after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings at a theatre in London.

The 85-year-old actor was in a fight scene when he slipped and fell from the stage of the Noël Coward theatre. He cried out in pain as staff rushed to help.

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