Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange stabbed himself several times in a failed suicide attempt in January 2010. Lange was hospitalized on Saturday, January 2, 2010. Lange, age 42, was found by his mother, who came to his Hoboken, New Jersey, apartment to drop off food. The story was confirmed by a Hoboken detective on January 8, 2010. According to the officer, Lange was found unconscious after he stabbed himself nine times in the abdomen with a Wolfgang Puck knife. The officer said Lange had been released from the hospital.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9512379

On January 7, 2010, the New York Post gossip column Page 6 cited a "law-enforcement" source and a "a source close to Lange's management team" as saying that Lange stabbed himself nine times, six of the wounds were superficial or "hesitation wounds," and the other three were described as "deep plunges." The report said that Lange underwent surgery and suffered heavy bleeding.http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/stern_sidekick_in_suicide_try_5m9Hwhn1OvpONlzbsiW3oJ

On the same day that the news of Artie Lange's suicide attempt was leaked, Howard Stern talked about the situation on his show. Stern said he was "angry," "sad," and "pissed off at the sh--head" who leaked the suicide/stabbing story.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOi9tCTeU24 In late February 2010, there was still no update on Lange's condition.http://www.straight.com/article-293890/vancouver/howard-sterns-latest-update-artie-lange-there-no-update

Before Artie Lange was hospitalized on January 2, 2010, he was reportedly absent from Howard Stern's radio show for a month. Lange, age 42, is a comedian and talk-radio personality who has worked alongside the shock-jock for years. Lange's driver's license was suspended for seven months in September, 2009 after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of prescription sleeping pills, which lead to "a minor traffic accident" according to the Associated Press. In December 2009 interview with the New Jersey Star Ledger, Lange said he "might decide just to go away from Christmas to January 2, with my girl, and try and get my head straight, or just relax."http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/12/artie_lange_interview_his_new.htmlhttp://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2010/01/new_york_post_artie_lange_used.html Lange has had a history of drug addiction.http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9476658