Celebrities have to get used to surrendering their personal autonomy. Seeing your name in the tabloids is the collateral damage that comes with the job. Although some contend with stranger claims than others.
For instance, death hoaxes have become a very real and often traumatizing aspect of celebrity culture.
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See what i mean and check out these 10+ celebrities who were reported dead (but were very much alive).
Lindsay Lohan
Reports of Lindsay’s death began making the rounds after an anonymous user updated Lindsay’s Wikipedia page, claiming that the star was dead. E! News was given as the source .
It didn’t take long before Twitter took hold and in no time at all it was all over the internet.
Celine Dion
Celine has been the victim of several celebrity death hoaxes .
During a 2013 interview with Metro, Celine said that whenever her mother would hear the stories on the news — she would always assume that they were true.
Dwayne ‘ The Rock’ Johnson
Fans around the world were sent into a panic when reports began to surface that The Rock had died while filming a high-risk stunt .
Thankfully for us all, this turned out to be nothing more than a recurring internet hoax.
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase is the legendary comedian behind iconic films like Christmas Vacation and Caddyshack .
In early January of 2016, certain media outlets began running stories that Chevy had passed away in his sleep after suffering a massive heart attack .
Zach Braff
The perpetrator of the Zach Braff death hoax went so far as to create a fake CNN news page.
The report was made to suggest that Zach had committed suicide ; it was confirmed as a hoax by a representative of ABC.
Macauley Culkin
Unlike most people, Mack was able to find humor in the rumors of his demise.
When the Home Alone star caught wind that he’d passed away, Mack posted this picture a la Weekend at Bernie’s , proving he was indeed very much alive.
Avril Lavinge
The story of Avril Lavinge’s death has many parallels with the popular “Paul is Dead” conspiracy theory.
In a nutshell, it asserts that Avril Lavinge died at the height of her popularity and was replaced by a look-a-like.
Bob Dylan
After several of Dylan’s documents were released in the press, MSNBC made the mistake of saying that the legendary folk singer and social advocate passed away.
How silly of them — everyone knows that Bob Dylan will never die.
Paul McCartney
No true fan of The Beatles hasn’t at least partially explored the idea that ” Paul is Dead .”
The popular conspiracy theory suggests that Paul was killed and replaced. Fans claim that the band’s music is littered with subliminal messages about his demise.
Will Ferrell
If there’s one thing that can be said about the internet at large — it’s extremely gullible. One good hard look at the poorly written obituary claiming Ferrell had perished in a freak hang-gliding accident shouldn’t have been able to fool anyone.
Alas, that sadly wasn’t the case.
Eddie Murphy
A popular website known for posting fake celebrity death stories ran an obit claiming that Eddie had perished while snowboarding in Switzerland.
The report said that Eddie was rushed to the hospital but sadly died while en route.
Justin Bieber
Justine Bieber’s death has been reporting more times than I can even begin to count. In 2009, reports claimed that he’d committed suicide .
A year later, outlets asserted he died in a nightclub shooting, and succame to an accidental overdose.
Nick Jonas
Back in 2013, the Twitterverse was awash with reports that Nick Jonas had died.
Supposedly, the young star went into cardiac arrest after receiving a lapdance inside a popular Dallas strip club . Other reports indicated it was because Nick had neglected his diabetes.
Drake
In November of 2020 #RIPDrake began trending on Twitter with an L.A. Times headline that read “Drake Canadian Songwriter And Rapper Dies At 34.”
When fans clicked on the link, it redirected them to a video of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
Taylor Swift
In early 2012, a fake Twitter account that was claiming to be MTV News began circulating a story that Taylor had been found dead and unresponsive in her home.
She’s been the victim to similar hoaxes that have occurred in 2009 and again in 2016.
