Eddie Murphy dead reports the past were hard to believe. The Eddie Murphy dead rumor was rapidly debunk during one of the busier days of debunking celebrity death reports.
The Internet kills off tons of celebrities at any given time, but the death mill had been calm over the last few months. It was invigorated when they incorrectly reported Aretha Franklin had died, but it was just the start. Not only was Murphy dead by Internet hoaxes the past, so were Owen Wilson, Charlie Sheen and Adam Sandler this week.
In the case of all these actors/comedians, they were all reported to have died from snowboarding accidents. These days, the hoaxes can’t even be distinctive anymore, as they are both untrue and unoriginal.The rumors that Wilson and Murphy had died broke yesterday; right after the theoretical death of Aretha Franklin was debunked. Sheen and Sandler also had to show they were still alive this week as well. It has been a while since so many famous people died online, but the death mill is making up for its break now.
Many populace have been kill more than once online yet always handle to come back to be digitally killed again. It seems that, the Internet believes they cannot snowboard, as Murphy, Wilson, Sandler and Sheen were all killed off at Switzerland’s Zermatt Ski Resort.
It’s unclear why the Eddie Murphy hoaxes, and all the other ones, are taking place now. It had been a long time since the Internet killed off this many celebrities, but it seems it is ending the year with a bang. Since so many of them were supposedly killed from snowboarding, this would be the ideal time of year to make that stick.
In Murphy’s case, his representative had to emerge and confirm he was still alive. The star doesn’t often make the publicity rounds himself, and has no new movies to promote at the moment. So since he usually avoids the tabloid eye nowadays, the hoaxers likely thought it would be easier to get away with their rumors.Instead, the Estory went away quickly, like the ones that killed Wilson, Sandler, Sheen and Franklin. Claiming that Sheen and Franklin died fooled more people, given Sheen’s lifestyle and Franklin’s current illness. Yet since the three comedians in the bunch have no such problems – presumably – it was easier to debunk their demises.
Given the rash of fake celebrity deaths lately, it stands to wonder who will be killed off today and tomorrow. Since they already said Murphy was dead, the pranksters have to pick other icons – but that hasn’t been a problem for them.