The other day here, I linked to a video clip of Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon performing an amazing feat of magic. Jonathan would seem to have done the impossible again, surviving what would usually have been a fatal injury.
According to a message that Charlotte just posted to a magician's discussion forum, Jonathan was attempting to hang a light fixture when he fell onto the non-sharp end of an arrow from his archery set. The arrow pierced his stomach, his liver, an artery and went several inches in his heart. He underwent several hours of surgery, some of it of the open-heart variety, and is now recovering. Charlotte credits his survival to "speed of hospitalization, modern surgical techniques and Jonathan's will to live."
I'm happy to hear he's going to be around for a while. I've had the pleasure of spending time with Jonathan and he's one of the real gems in the field of magic — dedicated to his craft, brilliant at inventing new illusions and generous with his time and talents. Let's all send good thoughts in his direction. As soon as he's back on a stage somewhere, try and go see him.