▲Back in 2001, Britney and JT were reported dead by two DJs in Dallas, who were apparently just playing a cruel prank.

▲In July 2011, the Fox News Twitter account was hacked, with the hackers tweeting that Obama had been assassinated.

▲Tech N9ne had to release a video to say that he was alive and well, after reporters confused him with battle rapper Tech 9, who passed away on March 25, 2019.

▲In 2003, it was rumored that Avril Lavigne committed suicide. The rumors resurfaced in 2017, with a viral Twitter thread speculating that Lavigne had been replaced by a lookalike.

▲The internet was ablaze in March 2011, when rumors of Jackie Chan passing away started to circulate.

▲Taylor Swift reportedly died in a car accident in 2009, the same year that she had a fatal reaction to sleeping pills, according to two fake news stories.

▲In 2008, three years before his actual death, Bloomberg published an obituary of Steve Jobs. Strangely, the document was 17 pages long.

▲Celine Dion has seen many rumors about her own death. "The thing that worries me is my mum," she told Digital Spy, "It makes me a little mad."

▲A widely-held conspiracy theory is that McCartney died back in 1966, and was replaced by a double.

▲In July 2011, rumors that Lindsay Lohan had died started spreading online.

▲A joke press release from iNewswire claimed that Will Ferrell had died in a paragliding accident in 2006.

▲The talented actress was the target of a death hoax back in March 2016. She said her "version of h*ll is people believing poorly written articles about me."

▲The Oscar-winning actor was hit with death rumors in 2010. He jokingly replied on Twitter, writing "Unable to answer tweets fell off a mountain in Austria."

▲The Jonas Brother was hit with two death hoaxes in 2009. One claimed he died of cardiac arrest, the other said he had heart failure at a strip club.

▲The 'Fast and Furious' actor was hit with death rumors in January 2014.

▲Justin Bieber has been hit with many fake death reports. Rumors about him dying circulated in 2009, 2010, and 2012.

▲The world famous actor was reportedly killed in a snowboarding accident in 2012. After Charlie Murphy died in 2017, people confused him with his brother Eddie.

▲The Rock reportedly died while filming a stunt in 2014. "I would love to meet the person who is starting rumors of my death - to show them how a dead foot feels up their a**," he wrote on Twitter.

▲Back in 1973, music magazine Melody Maker reviewed an Alice Cooper concert, but wrote it in the form of an obituary. Death rumors spread like wildfire.

▲Abe Vigoda was first reported dead in 1982, and again five years later. The 'Godfather' actor eventually passed away in 2016.

▲The 'Scrubs' star was reported to have died by a bogus CNN page. The culprit went on to apologize.

▲The child star was a target of death rumors in 2014, which he addressed on Instagram.

▲The Guns 'N' Roses front man was rumored to be dead in December 2014. He replied by tweeting "If I'm dead do I still have to pay taxes?"

▲The basketball icon died from a heart attack in 2015, according to a fake article from La Crónica de Hoy.

▲According to News Buzz Daily, Martin Lawrence was found dead in LA. He never replied to the fake rumor.

▲Schwarzenegger died of a heart attack in 2015, according to MSNBC.com. The news was fake, of course.

▲After rumors started on Twitter, Santana's people denied news of his death. "He is alive and well and enjoying his morning," his rep told USA Today.

▲Fake reports claimed that Robert Redford died in December 2015, after he fell off a golf cart in Santa Monica.

▲Breaking 13 News claimed that this 'Community' star died in his sleep, but the rumors weren't true.

▲After Sean Penn interviewed El Chapo, a fake news article claimed that the actor was killed by the Mexican mob boss.

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Back in 2016, Black's band Tenacious D had their Twitter hacked. "We can assure you that Jack is ALIVE and WELL and that this was a sick 'prank,'" they later tweeted.

While you're here, why not find out how to spot fake news.

▲89-year-old Eastwood is the most recent celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax. Rumors spread like wildfire that he had died of a heart attack. But this is not the first time the actor has been declared dead, as there was a similar report back in 2017.

▲Fake news comes for everyone, especially the rich and famous. It seems like every day there's another fake story about a celebrity or public figure. However, false rumors take on new weight when it comes to celebrity deaths. Many celebs have been reported dead, when in reality they're alive and breathing. Don't believe us? Click on to meet the celebs who were falsely reported dead.

Celebs who were reported dead... but were still alive

Clint Eastwood is just the most recent target of a fake death hoax

05/09/19 por StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Fake news

Fake news comes for everyone, especially the rich and famous. It seems like every day there's another fake story about a celebrity or public figure. However, false rumors take on new weight when it comes to celebrity deaths. Many celebs have been reported dead, when in reality they're alive and breathing. Don't believe us? Click on to meet the celebs who were falsely reported dead.