Celebrity conspiracy theories: stars who 'died' on the internet

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The celebs who 'died' on the internet - Have you ever heard of 'Celebrity Hoax?' It's the name that Americans give to the spreading of fake news about the death of a famous figure. This is done through various fake news sites, or hackers who manage to break into celebrities' social media accounts.

Check out which Hollywood names have been affected by these fatal rumors!

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Ellen DeGeneres - The TV host's personal Twitter account was hacked, and those responsible made her followers believe that she was dead.

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Britney Spears - On June 12, 2001, a fake BBC page was created reporting that the singer and Justin Timberlake had suffered a fatal car accident. The news was circulated so widely that it even reached the radio.

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Lady Gaga - Twitter received a shock in 2011 when a link was published leading to a BBC article, which said that Gaga had been found dead in a hotel. Obviously this was not true.

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Jackie Chan - In 2011, a false site spread word that the famous actor had died from a heart attack in Los Angeles, and that Barack Obama and Will Smith had paid tribute to him on Facebook.

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Ryan Gosling - According to a fake site, the actor 'died' in 2012.

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Morgan Freeman - Freeman is a constant victim of fake news, and in 2012 he even took to Facebook to publish a post saying that he kept reading stories that he was dead and hoped that they were not true. He added that if they were true, then his life after death was identical to his real life!

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Norman Reedus - The actor was reported to have died in a fatal accident on a fake site in 2016.

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Johnny Depp - It was Johnny Depp's turn to 'die' in 2010, when false news sites published that he had been killed in a car accident.

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Oprah - The famous site 4Chan spread rumors that the presenter had been found dead at home. The news was so widely spread that even her Wikipedia page was updated.

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Channing Tatum - A fake news site managed to publish a story saying that the actor had died while snowboarding in 2013.

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Chloe Grace Moretz - The young actress was also victim of fake news spread on social media, which reported that she had died in a snowboarding accident.

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Kanye West - Someone managed to convince Twitter users in 2009 that Kanye West had died. The phrase 'RIP Kanye West' went viral, but the rumors were soon squashed after his girlfriend at the time, Amber Rose, denied them.

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Paris Hilton - Back when Paris had been imprisoned for violating her conditional release, one hacker managed to create a fake CNN site which reported that the socialite had been stabbed in prison.

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Jon Bon Jovi - In 2011, a story saying the singer died from heart problems went around. The rumors were dispelled by Bon Jovi himself, who appeared in a photo holding a sign proving that he was alive.

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George Clooney - A 2009 rumor spread online said that the actor had died in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains.

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Adam Sandler - FakeAWish.com website spread the news that the actor had died after colliding with a tree while snowboarding.

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Will Smith - The same site, FakeAWish.com, also managed to spread the same story about Will Smith.

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Axl Rose - The famous Guns n’ Roses lead singer was reported to have been found dead at home, but it was all lies.

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Patrick Dempsey - One of the actor's fans created a fake site in 2012 and managed to spread the news that he had died in a road accident.

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Cher - In 2012, several Twitter users managed to circulate a link to a fake CNN page which reported the singer's death. Even Kim Kardashian tweeted about the news at the time.

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Jeff Goldblum - The website Global Associated Press managed to spread the rumor that the actor had died while visiting New Zealand.

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Sylvester Stallone - In 2016 a story from a fake CNN site was shared multiple on Facebook, reporting that the actor had allegedly died from an overdose of pills.

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Justin Bieber - Justin is king when it comes to being a victim of fake news stories. He's reportedly committed suicide, been involved in shootings, and had overdoses.

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Tom Hanks - The actor was another victim of fake news sites that spread the story that he had died in New Zealand in 2006.

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Eminem - In 2009, Yahoo! reported that the rapper had died after crashing into a lorry in a violent car accident.

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Russel Crowe - The 'Gladiator' star was reported to have died falling off a mountain in Austria in 2010.

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Lil Wayne - The rapper suffers from regular epileptic fits and an alleged video of his death after one of these episodes was spread in 2013. The video obviously didn't exist and the link contained a virus.

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Macaulay Culkin - Various fake news sites published word that the actor had died at home in 2014. However, Macaulay made a joke of the situation, publishing a photo on his band ('Pizza Underground')'s Twitter page of him 'passed out' in one of his band mate's arms.

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Zach Braff - The actor was reported dead by a fan on a fake CNN site. The story said that he had died from a medicine overdose.

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Jack Black - The actor's Twitter account was hacked and a message was published saying he was dead.

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