Mike Enzi: “these people all have something in common: the former Queen Mother of Britain; diet guru Dr. Robert Atkins; former…”

“these people all have something in common: the former Queen Mother of Britain; diet guru Dr. Robert Atkins; former Tonight Show co-host Ed McMahon; former first lady Nancy Reagan; and former Senator Bob Dole. What is it? They are all famous seniors who have suffered a fall during the past three years that had serious repercussions on their lives. Queen Elizabeth's mother had a history of falling. She underwent a major operation in 1995 to replace her right hip and had a second hip replacement in 1998 when she broke her left hip. In 2000, she tripped and fell in her sitting room and fractured the left-hand side of her collarbone. Then, in 2002 at 101-years-old, she stumbled again in her sitting room while getting up from a chair and cut her arm. Dr. Robert Atkins, the creator of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, suffered a severe head trauma in 2003 when an accidental fall outside his New York office left him comatose. Although surgeons removed a blood clot to relieve the pressure on his brain, the 72-year- old died eight days later. In March of this year, former Tonight Show co-host Ed McMahon spent his 82nd birthday in the hospital after a fall in his Beverly Hills home left him with a mild concussion and a gash in his head that required stitches. Just last month, former first lady Nancy Reagan slipped and fell in her London hotel room.…”