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  • Fact Check: Celine Dion Did NOT Die In Early May 2023 -- She Canceled Her Performances

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    Did Canadian singer Celine Dion pass away on or before May 7, 2023? No, that's not true: She only canceled her tour due to her health condition that, while significantly affecting the singer, according to her own words, did not appear to be immediately life-threatening. The video reused in such posts recycled the 2022 footage showing a different woman with…

    • May 30, 2023
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Celine Dion Did NOT Die In Early May 2023 -- She Canceled Her Performances Not Her
  • Fact Check: Gospel Singer Shirley Caesar Had NOT Died As Of May 9, 2023

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    Was Shirley Caesar, a Grammy award-winning gospel singer and celebrated pastor, deceased as of May 9, 2023? No, that's not true: Caesar made at least one public appearance after May 9, 2023. There is also no indication that her health was failing at the time of writing. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) posted on YouTube on May…

    • May 17, 2023
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Gospel Singer Shirley Caesar Had NOT Died As Of May 9, 2023 Still Singing
  • Fact Check: JFK Jr. Did NOT Write A Letter To Donald Trump After His Death In 1999

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    Did John F. Kennedy Jr. write a letter to Donald Trump following the 38-year-old magazine publisher's death on July 16, 1999? No, that's not true: former President Trump wrote in his book "The America We Deserve," published in 2000, that the letter was penned by JFK Jr. the day before Kennedy's death. Kennedy's official day of death is July 16,…

    • Apr 14, 2023
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: JFK Jr. Did NOT Write A Letter To Donald Trump After His Death In 1999 Day Before
  • Fact Check: Robin Roberts Of 'Good Morning America' Did NOT Die As Of February 1, 2023 -- Post Is A Bait And Switch

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    Did Robin Roberts, the longtime co-host of ABC Television's "Good Morning America" (GMA) die on January 30, 2023? No, that's not true: As of February 1, 2023, Roberts remained alive and well, and actively posting on Instagram from New Zealand. The post implying that she had died is a ruse to get readers to an ad for CBD products. The…

    • Feb 1, 2023
    • by: Jennifer Dobner
    Fact Check: Robin Roberts Of 'Good Morning America' Did NOT Die As Of February 1, 2023 -- Post Is A Bait And Switch Alive And Well
  • Fact Check: 'Green Mile' Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Did Die ... In 2012

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    Did actor Michael Clarke Duncan, famous for his role in the 1999 movie "The Green Mile," die? Yes, that's true... but it happened in 2012. News of his death went viral again in 2023 after a clickbait website (likely from Pakistan) reposted an undated obituary for the actor that appears to have been stolen from a Canadian news website. The…

    • Jan 26, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: 'Green Mile' Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Did Die ... In 2012 2012
  • Fact Check: Actor Michael B. Jordan Did NOT Die Suddenly At Hospital As Of January 16, 2023

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    Did the actor Michael B. Jordan die suddenly in Chicago on January 13, 2023? No, that's not true: This is a baseless claim by a clickbait website that routinely publishes death hoaxes. There is no evidence that Jordan has died although his name was recently in the news in another death hoax, the subject of a trending TikTok prank. Angela…

    • Jan 16, 2023
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Actor Michael B. Jordan Did NOT Die Suddenly At Hospital As Of January 16, 2023 Death Hoax
  • 2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits

    Analysis

    The year is almost over, so it is good to look back. First, the numbers, as of December 15, 2022. This year we have published 1,555 fact checks in English (so far ...) 283 fact checks about COVID misinformation; 244 debunks of Russian propaganda and false claims about the invasion of Ukraine; 140 debunks of false claims about election fraud,…

    • Dec 15, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits 2022
  • Fact Check: Actor Pauley Perrette Did NOT Die On October 20, 2022, Or December 11, 2022

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    Did Pauley Perrette, the actor who formerly starred in the television series "NCIS," die on December 11, 2022? No, that's not true: Perrette is, at the time of writing, active on social media and in recent weeks shifted her posting from Twitter to Instagram. She has posted twice on Instagram since clickbait videos announced her death on YouTube and Instagram…

    • Dec 14, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Actor Pauley Perrette Did NOT Die On October 20, 2022, Or December 11, 2022 Death Hoax
  • Fact Check: Duane 'Dog' Chapman Has NOT Passed Away As Of December 13, 2022

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    Has television personality and bounty hunter Duane Lee Chapman, also known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," passed away as of December 13, 2022? No, that's not true: Chapman's publicist told Lead Stories on December 13, 2022, that he is "alive and well." The claim appeared in a video on Facebook on December 11, 2022. The caption read: Reality TV actor…

    • Dec 14, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Duane 'Dog' Chapman Has NOT Passed Away As Of December 13, 2022 Alive & Well
  • Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware

    Analysis

    The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook users and group administrators have noticed a sharp increase in spam postings of false death hoaxes. Examples of…

    • Dec 8, 2022
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware Malware Motive
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