[raccoonradio]

It's on the internet. It must be true.

We hear such death hoaxes from time to time. What was the last one, Tom Hanks? Tom Cruise? Who knows.
>>the 75-year-old actor's demise amassed more than 842,000 "likes."

So...people are saying they like the fact that he supposedly died? :) Naah, probably "oh sorry to hear this"...

Freeman is probably a big lib but he has done pretty well in various roles. Didn't he play God in Bruce Almighty? Easy Reader on the old Electric Company show. And for blues fans, I believe he is co-owner of the Ground Zero nightclub in Clarksdale, MS (I ate lunch there after seeing the nearby Delta Blues museum)

This was actually an article from Monday but I must have missed it. I only saw it because a facebook friend of mine "liked" the Morgan Freeman RIP page and I was curious to see if it was true.

[catfish1957]

As mad as I am this morning, I probably should keep what I am thinking to myself.

[raccoonradio]

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Celebrity_Death_Hoaxes/

>>A death hoax involves falsely reporting the death of someone still living. This kind of hoax has been a favorite of pranksters for centuries. Early practitioners of it included Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Swift.

The most famous death hoax of all time was the “Paul is dead” rumor of 1968, in which the claim that Paul McCartney of the Beatles had died swept throughout America and Great Britain.

In recent years, hoaxes alleging that various celebrities have died have become a frequent fixture in the news. Much of the reason for the popularity of this hoax can be attributed to the internet, which has made such hoaxes easier to perpetrate. A would-be hoaxer simply has to produce an email or webpage that imitates the look of a credible news source. Concerned fans will then forward the fake news story to their friends, inadvertently giving the hoax greater visibility.

(Some death hoaxes):
Paris Hilton 2007
Will Ferrell 2006
Eminem 2000 (car crash)
Lou Reed 2001 (died of overdose. Oops! Wrong.)
Margaret Thatcher (”Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. A fake news story (disguised as a page from the Guardian) reported the passing of the Iron Lady. As a tribute to her, Stephen Hawking was supposedly going to speak in her voice.”)

[Beowulf9]

Morgan Fairchild is still alive!

[KarlInOhio]

On the other hand the reports of Mark Twain's death are no longer exaggerated.

[ConservativeStatement]

I can hear Howie Carr say “Taken!” in the next death pool.

[ScottinVA]

Morgan Freeman’s still alive, huh?

Oh.

[dfwgator]

You mean he didn’t die in a hang gliding accident in New Zealand?