Dennis Duffy - Don't Die

30 ROCK STAR BACK FROM DEAD
National Enquirer

"30 ROCK" hunk DEAN WINTERS collapsed from a bacterial infection and died a year ago but miraculously is still alive. His AMAZING story!

Winters woke up the day prior with a bad fever but had gone back to bed. When he awoke on June 19, 2009, he was a deathly gray.

"I was afraid to go to St. Vincent's, so I went to my doctor's office on Central Park West, where I collapsed," Winters told the NY Post.

"I was turning black, and my whole head was swelling up."

EMTS were quickly summoned and as the ambulance sped towards Central Park ambulance raced across the park, "I died on Fifth Avenue," Winters revealed.

Luckily, paramedics brought up back after being officially dead fro 2 1/2 minutes. But Winters delay in seeking help was costly.

Recuperating at his apartment, Winters developed gangrene.

Medical teams amputated two toes and half a thumb. During the past year, he has spent 95 days in hospitals with 10 operations, including skin grafts.

But that didn't stop the hard working star from working as TINA FEY needed him for the 30 ROCK season ender.

"For the season finale, I had casts on both arms, and another on my foot, which was kept off-camera. And (Tina) literally had me propped up on a stool.

"It's gonna take more than a finger and a couple of toes to keep me down!"

Honestly before I read this article I wasn't even aware of what this guy's name was but I'm a big fan of his. His character Dennis Duffy is one of the few things about '30 Rock' that hasn't been spiraling downward in the last two seasons. Thus, they should probably think about getting him some more air time. But I suppose he is chasing in with a new line of State Farm commercials. So welcome back to life Dean Winters. I knew you'd bounce back. Just the way you did when you got canned from Law & Order: SVU after one season.