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Tracy Morgan
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- #001
Tracy Morgan has diabetes; he recovered after receiving a kidney transplant on December 10, 2010.
- #002
Tracy Morgan said he was the first person to make Eddie Murphy laugh after Murphy's 2014 car accident.
- #003
Tracy Morgan first met Saturday Night Live (1975) producer Lorne Michaels while working as a vendor at Yankee Stadium.
- #004
Tracy Morgan's father was a Vietnam veteran who named him Tracy in memory of an army friend killed during the conflict.
- #005
Tracy Morgan's ex-wife Sabina Morgan was his high school sweetheart. Their children are Gitrid Morgan (born 1986), Malcolm Morgan (born 1988) and Tracy Morgan Jr. (born 1992).
- #006
On June 7, 2014, Tracy Morgan was seriously injured when his limousine was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler on a New Jersey highway. His friend Jimmy Mack McNair, known as Uncle Jimmy, died in the crash.
- #007
One of Tracy Morgan's trademarks is his odd way of pronouncing the word "hilarious."
- #008
Tracy Morgan's father died of AIDS when Morgan was 17.
- #009
Tracy Morgan jokingly addresses David Letterman as D-Rock, Jimmy Fallon as Jimbo and Conan O'Brien as C-Black.
- #010
Tracy Morgan's favorite Saturday Night Live character is Astronaut Jones.
- #011
Tracy Morgan has a daughter, Maven Sonae Morgan, born July 2, 2013, with his fiancée Megan Wollover.
- #012
Tracy Morgan attended the final callback audition for Saturday Night Live alongside Stephen Colbert (1996).
- #013
On April 10, 2018, Tracy Morgan received a Television Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6280 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #014
Tracy Morgan is an active stand-up comedian.
- #015
Tracy Morgan's recurring characters include Dominican Lou, Mrs. Parker, Reggie Owens, Captain Munclair Vanderhousen III and Tate Witherspoon. His impressions include Louis Armstrong, "Judge Judy" bailiff Bert, Maya Angelou, Marion Barry Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr., Tito Jackson, Star Jones, Marion "Suge" Knight, William Perry, Della Reese, Mr. T, Mike Tyson, Maxine Waters, Thelma Weston, Reggie White, Lou Bega and Tiger Woods's father Earl Woods.
- #016
Tracy Morgan was inspired by Andrew Dice Clay.
- #017
Tracy Morgan settled a lawsuit against Walmart for an undisclosed sum.
- #018
Tracy Morgan is the son of Alicia Warden and musician Jimmy Morgan.
- #019
Tracy Morgan became engaged to Megan Wollover (2011), a model.
- #020
Tracy Morgan grew up in the Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn, New York.
- #021
According to New York City public records, Tracy and his first wife Sabina were not legally married until August 1998. Various sources state that they married in 1985, shortly after he dropped out of high school.
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