Celebrity Celebrity Deaths Celebrity Death News Minnie Driver: Appendicitis By Stephen M. Silverman Stephen M. Silverman Stephen M. Silverman is the former founding editor of PEOPLE.com. He left PEOPLE in 2015. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on February 4, 2022 04:28PM EST Minnie Driver, 30, was hospitalized in London last Monday with acute appendicitis, reports USA Today. Her publicist says that the actress, who was last seen in the movie romance "Return to Me" with David Duchovny, is now recuperating after the removal of her appendix.