Victim to the newest internet death hoax is none other than "The Rum Diaries" star Johnny Depp.

The 49-year-old actor was said to have died on the set of his Disney film "The Lone Ranger." However, it was a 48-year-old film crew member that actually died on the set, causing the mixup, Hollywood Life reported.

The actual victim, Mike Bridger, was cleaning a pool tank on the movie set when he went into cardiac arrest and died on Sept. 21, according to law officials. Since then, Depp has been confused as the one who died and internet searches for the actor's name are continuously attached to words such as "death" and "died."

The site also reported that Depp has been the subject of a death hoax once before as well. In 2010, a website claimed that the actor died in a car accident in France.

Another death hoax that circulated earlier this month involved actor Jeff Goldblum.

GlobalAssociatedNews.com. stated that he died while filming a movie in New Zealand early on Oct. 3, at around 4 a.m. The site additionally stated that reports from New Zealand officials indicated that Goldblum fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set for the upcoming film.

However, on the site, they post on the bottom of their articles, "FAKE... THIS STORY IS 100% FAKE! this is an entertainment website, and this is a totally fake article based on zero truth and is a complete work of fiction for entertainment purposes!"

Goldblum's "death" follows shortly after Vince Vaughn and Morgan Freedman were killed off by death hoaxes, also stemming from the GlobalAssociatedNews.com.

Other celebrities to suffer the same fate or involved in death hoaxes include Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Russell Brand. Witherspoon was stabbed to death and Eddie Murphy was killed while snowboarding in Switzerland, according to the hoaxes.

The Inquisitor reported "Five Ways To Spot A Fake Death Report," No. 1 being based on where the story originated from. Global Associated News has a "death hoax generator" that allows any user to type in a celebrity's name, pick a story, and send out a death hoax report, according to the site.

They also reported that the "generator" only has six stories that it carries, so many of the reports claim the celebrities died the same way. Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey and Brand all had a fake death from a skiing accident.

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