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Britain's Got Talent while he recovers from back surgery. Diversity star Ashley Banjo will take the music mogul's place on the judging panel after Simon fell off his electric bike.

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Simon Cowell is already back on his feet just days after undergoing surgery on his broken back, according to his fellow America’s Got Talent judge Heidi Klum.Over the weekend, it was reported that the 60-year-old TV mogul had been rushed to hospital with a broken back, after falling from an electric bike he was riding at his home in California.Having now undergone surgery on his back, reports have suggested that Simon has already been up walking, which his AGT co-star Heidi Klum appears to have

Simon Cowell is still recovering from surgery after falling off his electric bike in his Malibu home. The TV personality thanked the medical staff who treated him, calling them “some of the nicest people I have ever met” and sending ”a massive thank you to all the nurses and doctors” on social media.Cowell‘s representative announced he had “broken his back in a number of places” and was ”doing fine” after the six-hour procedure.

Simon Cowell is already working again after breaking his back – and is set to return to TV next month.The X Factor judge is known in the business as a workaholic and was sending emails from his hospital bed just hours after he had emergency surgery.The 60-year-old fell off a new electric bike he was trying out at home in Malibu, California, and broke his back in several places.A source close to Cowell said he was resigned to missing America’s Got Talent shows this week but hoped to recover for

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hereThe entertainment boss has a six-year-old son, Eric, with his 43-year-old partner Lauren Silverman – and it is understood Eric was with his father at the time of the accident.A spokeswoman for Simon said: “Simon has broken his back in a number of places in a fall from his bike whilst testing a new electric bike in the courtyard of his home in Malibu with his family.”She said he was taken to hospital, where he was operated on overnight, adding: “He’s under observation and is doing

Simon Cowell has had a narrow escape after breaking his back in a fall from a bicycle.The 60-year-old America’s Got Talent judge and producer was testing his new electric bike in the courtyard at his house in Malibu with his family when he suffered a nasty fall. "Simon has broken his back and will be having surgery this evening," a representative for the star explained to People shortly after the incident occurred.

LOS ANGELES -- Simon Cowell underwent surgery to repair a broken back, the result of an electric bicycle accident, and was recovering at a hospital, a spokesperson said Sunday. "Simon has broken his back in a number of places" after falling from the new bike he'd been testing in the courtyard of his Malibu home Saturday, the representative said.

X Factor boss was lucky to escape paralysis after falling from an electric bike as the fractures were just a ­centimetre from his spinal cord.As Cowell, 60, was last night recovering in hospital a source said: “I spoke to him before the surgery and he was in incredible, ridiculous amounts of pain and also in shock.