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Comedian finishes set in hospital after audience member suffers cardiac arrest

Comedian stops show to help man having heart attack before finishing set to him in hospital
  • Comedian Drew Lynch paused his show in Washington on 12 September after an audience member suffered a medical crisis.
  • The audience member, identified as Dick Wende, went into cardiac arrest during the performance.
  • Other audience members assisted by calling emergency services and performing CPR.
  • Lynch later visited Wende in hospital to complete the comedy set he had missed.
  • Watch the video in full above.
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