Rowan Atkinson "death" hoax rears again!

[Mr Allen]

Link - Yeah OK it's the Daily Fail but it was top link on Google.

There was a post on Facebook a couple of hours ago saying he'd passed away as well, whether that's real I don't know, probably not, he's got a new movie out soon, Johnny English 3.

 

[tree]

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rowan-atkinson-death-hoax/

"Another celebrity death hoax reared its head in July 2016, then again in March 2017, and yet again in July 2018, as posts circulated on Facebook sharing the news that British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson, best known for playing the character Mr. Bean on television and in movies, was dead, having committed suicide or died in a traffic accident..."

"The errors and inconsistencies in the hoax reports of his death are attributable to the fact that a virtually identical hoax has circulated before and has been repurposed, with little or no attention to detail, in 2016 and thereafter."

"The most important thing to know about it is that the hoax is also a “clickjacking” scam. If you click on the blurb expecting to see a video or get more information, what you will find instead is that you have been redirected to another website that will attempt to get you to share your personal info, request access to your Facebook account, demand that you fill out a survey before proceeding, or all of the above."

https://people.com/movies/rowan-atkinson-death-hoax-computer-virus/
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/rowan-atkinson-dead-fake-news-13330174
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/mr...st-an-attempt-to-steal-your-data-1817115.html

 

[Bronwyn]

Whenever I see these posts I always google before I believe it.
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages-nf/main
is a good and easy site to use to check. Im pretty such Rowan Atkinson has died more times than he has had birthdays lol

 

[Aeolienne]

And for the record (no pub intended) Bobby McFerrin has not committed suicide. Nor did he give up professional music-making after being a one-wonder with "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - quite the opposite in fact.
Bobby McFerrin - Official website

 

[Progster]

(black humour alert) Mr Been.