Celebrity Death Rumors
A month or so after he interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs, the rapper was reported dead. The fake news report had West in a car accident in Los Angeles. West’s girlfriend at the time, Amber Rose, tweeted, “This ‘RIP Kanye West’ topic is not funny and it’s NOT TRUE!” (Zacharie Scheurer / Associated Press)
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The “Scrubs” star took matters into his own hands when a fake CNN story alleged that he had committed suicide. Braff made a personal video to let his fans know he was OK and that he would never kill himself using pills -- he would opt for pots and pans instead. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
The actor wasn’t even in New Zealand when reports surfaced in November 2006 that claimed he fell to his death there. A fake news site said Hanks died after falling 60 feet from the Kauri Cliffs, but the actor was actually in California, filming “Charlie Wilson’s War.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Yet another high-profile celebrity supposedly met his end in New Zealand in October 2008 off the same cliffs Tom Hanks reportedly tumbled down. Quashing the Internet rumors, a spokesman for Cruise said in a statement, “This is completely not true. Tom is not in New Zealand nor has he been there recently.” (Barry Brecheisen / Invision / Associated Press)
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Multiple premature obituaries came out on April 16, 2003, when pre-written draft memorials to several world figures were discovered on the development area of the
Some of these obituaries contained fragments from others, particularly from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s obituary, which had apparently been used as a template. Dick Cheney was described as the ‘UK’s favorite grandmother’ in one, another noted the Pope’s ‘love of racing’, and Castro was described as a ‘lifeguard, athlete, movie star’ (a reference to Ronald Reagan). (MICHEL GANGNE, AFP/Getty Images)
