Celebrity Death Hoaxes
Written by: Snopes Staff
Oct. 15, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2014
Actor Vin Diesel is not dead; but he was the victim of yet another celebrity death hoax.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 7, 2014
Reports of the death of actor Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson are not real nor new.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 22, 2019
Before she died in June 2019, the reality TV star was the subject of online rumors.
Written by: David Emery
June 25, 2018
Fake news articles peddling the false claim that the Jackson family patriarch was dead followed ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 19, 2017
A tasteless fake news story included the claim that World Superbike star Nicky Hayden passed away.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 22, 2022
Celebrities, royalty, sports personalities — all have been unwitting victims.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 8, 2022
Soon after fake news items preempted the official announcement, the Queen died.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 5, 2022
Sooner or later, a completely unfounded death hoax is visited upon most celebrities.
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 22, 2022
YouTube users reported seeing an ad that falsely claimed Carrey, the famous movie star and stand ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 29, 2020
Online advertisements falsely implied that Monica Lewinsky was dead and claimed that her net wor ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 12, 2020
A photograph of "Terminator 3" star Nick Stahl was misleadingly used to illustrate a third-party ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 14, 2020
#RIPDrake was the number one trend in the U.S. on the evening of Nov. 14, 2020, leaving Twitter ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 19, 2020
Fraudsters continue to capitalize on the sudden death of Kobe Bryant by publishing misinformatio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 3, 2020
Rumors that spread in February 2020 about the death of Kobe Bryant's widow were junk news.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 2, 2020
His family responded to reports about the singer's health.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 26, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 29, 2019
Highly dubious websites posted false and distasteful articles that prompted unwarranted concern ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 6, 2019
Somehow this major news item escaped the attention of every mainstream press organization in the ...
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