From the lingering effects of a 1994 bathtub fall, comedian George Burns, who turned 100 on Jan. 20. Although too frail to attend any of his birthday celebrations, the bedridden Burns called comedienne Rosie O’Donnell last week to chat about her Vegas act and upcoming talk show; O’Donnell described him as in top form, mentally.
University of Massachusetts star center Camby, 21, who collapsed two weeks ago in a pregame practice and lay unconscious for 10 minutes. Doctors found no explanation, but ruled out heart or neurological problems and drugs. Explaining his return, the 6-foot-11 junior said, “I feel more comfortable out on the floor than lying in a hospital bed.” In 26 minutes against St. Bonaventure Saturday, he scored a team-high 19 points in UMass’s 18th straight win. Superstar point guard Magic Johnson, 36, who retired from the Los Angeles Lakers in 1991 after he tested positive for the AIDS virus. A Lakers spokesman would neither confirm nor deny published reports that Johnson will play this week against the Chicago Bulls. But a former teammate told NEWSWEEK: “He’s coming back. He’s been restless for a while now. And Michael’s [Jordan] winning streak this season. . . made him feel that anything was possible.”
Country singer Wynonna Judd, 31, to Arch Kelley III, 43, a yacht salesman; in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21. Judd, who wore a traditional ivory lace dress with a train, is pregnant with the couple’s second child.
