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Fundraiser Looking To Help 'Bagel Boss' Guy After Stroke
Chris Morgan was hospitalized this week after an apparent stroke. His manager started a campaign to help raise money for his medical bills.
BAY SHORE, NY - A fundraiser was created to help Long Island resident Chris Morgan, otherwise known as the "Bagel Boss" guy after he suffered from a stroke.
His manager, Bill Shannon, started a GoFundMe on Wednesday to help the 45-year-old who is currently at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore.
Shannon told the New York Post that the stroke occurred while Morgan was in his minivan that he lives in, parked outside a local deli on Monday.
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Shannon wrote on the GoFundMe that Morgan currently has no feeling on one side and won't open his eyes.
"He acknowledged verbal correspondence upon my arrival," he wrote.
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The goal of the page is to raise $10,000 to help Morgan. Shannon wrote that the money will go towards his recovery. As of Thursday, the page has raised $500.
Morgan became famous after an internet video of him going on a rant about women at the Bay Shore Bagel Boss last summer went viral.
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