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CORONARY STRIKES COMIC RODNEY

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack on his 80th birthday and is hospitalized in intensive care, his publicist said yesterday.

The attack struck Dangerfield, whose long-running gag is that he gets no respect, Thursday in Los Angeles, said publicist Warren Cowan.

Cowan said Dangerfield, will undergo an X-ray of the blood vessels tomorrow.

Dangerfield’s attack came one day after “The Tonight Show” host Jay Leno dedicated a show to the comedian and taped birthday greetings from fellow comics.