Grammer Hit by Rake at Premiere

By Julia Crumpleman

Actor Kelsey Grammer, best known for his work as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Fraiser, was back in New Romford for the premiere of his new movie, Marty & Irene, at the historic Wilmore Theater when he stepped on a rake and smacked his face with its handle.

Grammer, who fell into a Hawaiian cave while on a hike a few weeks ago, laughed it off.  “I guess I better find Bart,” he said as he and his wife entered the theater.  No one knows where the rake came from, but it was likely left over from one of the gardeners.  There were no more reported rake incidents after that.

Mary & Irene is a romantic comedy starring Grammer and Sarah Jessica Parker as a pair of lawyers forced to work together on a case when their kids take a joy ride in the car of a superhero, played by Wesley Snipes.  It was filmed in New Romford last year.

Kelsey Grammer Hospitalized in Hawaii

By Julia Crumpleman

HONOLULU – Actor Kelsey Grammer was hospitalized today after falling down into a cave on the island of Oahu.  No major injuries were reported.

The actor best known for portraying the role of Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier for twenty years was on a hike with his wife and friends when he slipped and fell.  Grammer, who maintains a residence in Hawaii, suffered a heart attack in 2008, and he’s been taking hikes to maintain his health.  But this fall was not what the doctor ordered.

“We were just hiking along this path near his house,” said Mark Platt, one of Grammer’s companions.  “We’ve been on this trail several times, actually, but we took a fork that was new to all of us, and that’s when Kelsey just slipped and fell down some rocks.”

Platt was able to find a safer route to the cave and found that Grammer only fell about thirty feet.  Grammer was lying on the ground, staring at a statue that Platt described as “the Tiki idol from the Brady Bunch Hawaii episodes”.  Platt apparently had to snap Grammer back to reality and helped him out of the cave.

Despite some bumps and bruises, Grammer is expected to make a full recovery and will be able to return home soon.