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*Rapper Eminem was the latest celeb to be targeted by Internet death pranksters. This time it was a Facebook post, which showed a gruesome photo of a man (that was supposedly the rapper) getting shanked with a knife. The post said the star was “left nearly DEAD after being stabbed 4 times in NYC!” Em’s [...]
*Here we go again. Morgan Freeman is the latest celebrity victim of Internet death rumors after a Facebook page announcing the 75-year-old actor’s demise amassed more than 842,000 “likes.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “At about 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, our beloved actor Morgan Freeman passed away due to an artery rupture,” reads the [...]
*Veteran comedian John Witherspoon has been forced to release a statement verifying his existence after false reports that he was killed flooded Twitter on Thursday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Not only did “RIP John Witherspoon” become a trending topic on Twitter, his biography on Wikipedia.com had also been updated to reflect the supposed death. [...]
*Eddie Murphy is alive and well, despite Twitter rumors to the contrary. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The actor was a trending topic on Wednesday with false reports that he had lost control of his snowboard, crashed into a tree and died from his injuries. Not true. The hoax likely stems from a February 2012 [...]
*For the third time in three months, rumors that Eddie Murphy has died are making its way across social media sites and Twitter — with reports this time that he was killed in a snowboarding accident in Zermatt, Switzerland. And again, the reports are 100 percent false. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to E! [...]
*Twitter and even YouTube have been feeding off an Internet hoax that surfaced this morning claiming Chris Brown had died. According to E! Online, the folks perpetrating the fake report shunned the usual way of doing it: tweeting the hashtag “RIP” next to the celebrity’s name. These people instead flooded the comments section of Chris [...]
*Rapper Too Short had to spend much of Tuesday trying to convince people that he’s not dead. Rumors of his death spread across the Internet after a prank story reported that he suffered a fatal heart attack. Then someone attempted to change his Wikipedia page to reflect the untrue report. In fact, the Oakland rapper [...]
*In the wake of Teena Marie’s sudden death, reports began circulating online Monday that claimed the ailing Aretha Frankilin had also passed away – but those rumors are flat-out false. The Queen of Soul has not died, a source close to the singer told the Free Press late Monday. The Detroit singer, who has been [...]
*Morgan Freeman is not dead, despite a sudden flurry of tweets to the contrary. The whole thing started with one Thursday afternoon post to Twitter, which claimed the Oscar-winning actor had suddenly died, with CNN supposedly breaking the news. For a few minutes Thursday afternoon, it seemed like Morgan Freeman had suddenly died, with CNN [...]
*Bobby Brown’s camp had to release a statement yesterday affirming that he is alive and well after rumors of his demise began appearing on Twitter. Fake stories that Brown had died started circulating on Monday, but a spokesman for the singer-turned-reality TV star told TVGuide that the reports are 100 percent false. Brown can now [...]
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