Music mogul Simon Cowell underwent six hours of surgery after a fall from a bike caused him to break his back in a number of places.The X Factor supremo, 60, tumbled from a new electric bike he was testing at his house in Malibu.He was rushed to hospital where he had surgery on Saturday night, which involved a number of procedures including having a metal rod put in his back.Cowell is recovering in hospital now and it is understood that he will continue to do so for a few days.
A source said that while it is a bad injury, doctors said he had been very lucky.The showbiz boss has a six-year-old son, Eric, with his partner Lauren Silverman – and it is understood Eric was with his father at the time.A spokeswoman for Cowell said: “Simon has.
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