Famous People who have slipped on ice:

Dr Robert Atkins, founder of the Atkins Diet, died when he slipped on an icy New York sidewalk and suffered a fatal brain haemorrhage.

Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement miraculously recovered from what were believed by her physicians to be fatal injuries suffered in a fall on ice, when reading the bible.

Astrid Lindgren, children's author, began writing the Pippi Longstockings books for her daughter after a fall on an icy pavement meant she had to stay in bed for quite a while to allow her badly damaged foot to heal.

First Minister for Scotland, Jack McConnell cut his head and needed three stitches after slipping on ice on the pavement outside his offices but was soon back at his desk.