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‘Monty Python’ star Michael Palin, 83, suffers broken ribs after…

The writer and former Python says he cannot do the tour while his ribs heal; he described the slip as quite unsensational.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:15 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “‘Monty Python’ star Michael Palin, 83, suffers broken ribs after bathroom fall, cancels upcoming book tour”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:15 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.

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New York Post‘Monty Python’ star Michael Palin, 83, suffers broken ribs after bathroom fall, cancels upcoming book tour

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMonty Python star Michael Palin, who is eighty-three, has broken his ribs in a fall at home and has canceled his upcoming book tour.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe wrote on Instagram Tuesday that the accident was quite unsensational, a slip in the family bathroom where he has walked for fifty-eight years, according to the New York Post.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWe wish him a full and speedy recovery, and fifty-eight years in one bathroom without a serious accident is actually pretty impressive.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifty-eight years, Vera, and the floor waited. That is patience.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOr a chance for the tour to heal.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNobody is safe from a bathroom, and it is the room with the most doom per square foot.

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