Izzard Gives Private Performance to Terror Victim

By John Scott Lewinski January 03, 2009 | 3:48:54 AMCategories: Comedy, Current Affairs, Movies, Television

Some stories are too cool to let slide even if they don't make the radar of the day's top entertainment stories.

Will Pike, a 28-year-old Englishman, was badly injured in the tragic Mumbai terror attacks -- shattering his body in a failed escape attempt. He has since returned to the United Kingdom and entered a spinal unit in a London hospital, hoping to walk again.

During Pike's ongoing recovery, he and his girlfriend missed their eagerly awaited night out to see British comic Eddie Izzard. Pike's father wrote Izzard, asking if the comic could send along a note to ease Pike's disappointment and depression.

Izzard refused. Instead, the star of The Riches and Valkyrie showed up at the hospital and performed his entire 90 minute stand-up set at Pike's bedside.

In reporting the appearance, Pike's father said it was the best medicine his son could receive.