Howie Mandel hospitalized in Toronto

By Alexandra Heilbron on January 13, 2009 | 5 Comments

Toronto-born funnyman Howie Mandel, 53, currently known best as the host of Deal or No Deal, was rushed to St. Michael’s hospital yesterday evening after collapsing in his Toronto hotel room.  His spokesperson, Lewis Kay, released a statement this morning: “Howie is in the hospital being monitored for an irregular heartbeat but doctors expect him to be released and back to work [today]. He did not have a heart attack.” Mandel is currently working on a new show called Howie Do It, based on Candid Camera.

1. Nancy • January 13, 2009 @ 12:02 PM

   Hope he’s ok! I’ve always liked Howie!

   What? What? What? 😛

2. mandee • January 13, 2009 @ 9:40 PM

   i hope hes ok too!!! man, this is such a BAD year for celebs!

3. tributegirl • January 14, 2009 @ 5:15 PM

   Apparently he is out of the hospital and doing fine. Still haven’t heard what happened though.

4. Jo-Anne. • January 15, 2009 @ 9:35 PM

   I hope he is 100 percent better, I have always liked this very funny guy

   he does Canada proud….

5. Vicki • January 24, 2009 @ 11:30 PM

   Not my favourite comedian, to be honest, but he’s actually a very good actor. Does anybody remember way back to “St. Elsewhere”? (I guess I’m showing my age here!) Anyway, I was still shocked to hear he’d been hospitalized and I’m very glad he’s apparently better.