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Bird-watching and cryptic crosswords: Bill Leak talks extreme sports

Source: ABC News
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:54 AEDT
Expires: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 5:54 AEDT

Cartoonist Bill Leak was convinced doctors were having him on when they told him he had been in a coma after suffering a serious brain injury in a near fatal fall from a balcony. Leak spoke to the ABC's Anne-Maria Nicholson after being released from hospital.

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