Overview
- Shatner said a Western-riding sliding stop went wrong when his horse shifted sideways, throwing him onto his right shoulder and causing a complicated fracture late last year.
- He described the planned March 11 operation as an inverse shoulder prosthesis that swaps the ball and socket, calling it a new kind of procedure.
- The actor attended the Saturn Awards in Burbank despite pain, accepted a Hall of Fame honor for Star Trek, and asked for a chair for interviews, saying he felt “old, tired and somehow battered.”
- At 94 and turning 95 later this month, he remains active publicly, including recently announcing a heavy-metal album.
- Coverage cites his own remarks and entertainment outlets, with no independent medical confirmation of the surgery’s outcome, and notes a separate blood-sugar-related incident last year that he later said was fine.