Eddie Murphy Dead; Hoax Now Claims Fake Death in Snowboarding Accident
Eddie Murphy dead has sprung as a trending topic countless times in the last year. The 51 year-old actor is now claimed to have died in a snowboarding accident on Friday morning. Fans rushed online to learn if Eddie Murphy is actually dead, however, sources confirm this is yet another celebrity death hoax. Eddie Murphy is not dead.
"The actor & novice snowboarder was vacationing at the Zermatt ski resort in Zermatt, Switzerland with family and friends," Global Associated News reported. "Witnesses indicate that Eddie Murphy lost control of his snowboard and struck a tree at a high rate of speed."
Eddie Murphy joins a host of celebrities who have died as a result of Twitter trends and RIP Facebook pages. Comedian and Actor, Bill Cosby was recently the subject of a death hoax earlier this week.
"BREAKING: Bill Cosby has died....only on twitter...not in real life. Quit starting stupid twitter death hoaxes," @BreakiingNews posted on Twitter yesterday.
"Y'all really need to stop trying to kill off Bill Cosby on these social networks," @runrgrl26_2 added later.
This is not the first time that the 75 year-old comedian is reported dead. In 2010, Twitter and Facebook also declared news of Cosby's death. The comedian called into to "Larry King Live" to talk about his alleged passing that was only true on Twitter.
"I don't want to do this anymore, because this is my fourth time being reported [dead]," he said.
"Emotional friends have called about this misinformation," Cosby posted on his own Twitter account. "To the people behind the foolishness, I'm not sure you see how upsetting this is."
On Monday, Bill Nye The Science Guy was trending on Twitter for his so-called death as well. Other victims to the celebrity death hoaxes on Twitter include Cher, Jon Bon Jovi, Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber who has actually been targeted more than once. The 18 year-old "Boyfriend" singer was supposedly the victim of a shoot out at a night club in New York and also dead because of overdosing on drugs.
