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Clint Eastwood - 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.

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

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

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Tech N9ne - 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.

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Avril Lavigne - 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 The rumors resurfaced in 2017, with a viral Twitter thread speculating that Lavigne had been replaced by a lookalike.

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

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Taylor Swift - 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.

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

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Celine Dion - 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."

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

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

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

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Gabourey Sidibe - 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."

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Russell Crowe - 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."

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Nick Jonas - 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.

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Vin Diesel - The 'Fast and Furious' actor was hit with death rumors in January 2014.

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

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Eddie Murphy - 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.

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Dwayne Johnson - 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.

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Alice Cooper - 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.

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

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

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

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Axl Rose - 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?"

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

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

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

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Carlos Santana - 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.

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

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

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Sean Penn - 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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Jack Black -

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.

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