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As he often has, a frail-looking, 78-year-old Gene Autry was attending a session of his $100-million breach of contract lawsuit to block Anaheim and the Los Angeles Rams from building high-rises on the parking lot at Anaheim Stadium, where his California Angels baseball team plays.

But on July 17 Autry fell and broke his hip when a man accidentally bumped into him outside the Orange County Superior Court.

Autry was reported in good condition at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank, where a hospital spokeswoman said he underwent surgery to remove part of his fractured hip. Officials said he will be hospitalized 10 to 14 days.

With his horse, Champion, Autry made nearly 100 movies and the same number of television shows, always portraying a white-hat character who never shot first. Known as the “Singing Cowboy,” he recorded more than 1,000 songs, including “Back in the Saddle Again.”