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Dec 31, 1969 07:00 PM EDT
Pronounced dead twice in one day, a viral tweet spread around that Justin Bieber was shot by a publicist and then killed in a car accident back in June. He tweeted, “Wait … turns out I’m alive.”
Source: Reuters
Again, Twitter users are the culprit for the latest scandal in fake Hollywood deaths, Wesley Snipes, who is said earlier this week to have been killed in a fight. The actor is alive in prison after being charged for defrauding the U.S. in 2006.
Source: Reuters / Jessica Rinaldi/Files
It’s debatable if she’s well, but LiLo is definitely alive, though she was reported dead on Wikipedia. Recently, she was targeted again by a Twitter user under a misspelled Kim Kardashian alias that she had died of an overdose.
Source: REUTERS
On the same day as Michael Jackson died, a hacker posted on Britney Spears’ Twitter, "Britney has passed today. It is a sad day for everyone. More news to come." Ellen Degeneres and P.Diddy were also attacked by the same hacker that day.
Source: Reuters
Back in November 2006 before Twitter, a fake news site said that Tom Hanks fell from a cliff in New Zealand, citing police officials and an exact time.
Source: Reuters
Rapper and entrepreneur Shawn Carter a.k.a. Jay-Z has invested in part of the New Jersey Nets, and now, actor Will Smith (left) has become part owner of his hometown Philadelphia 76ers.
Source: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon
During her stay in the Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility, it was reported that Paris Hilton was dead, either from suicide or being stabbed seven times, neither of which were true.
Source: Reuters / Fred Prouser


