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(UPDATE: He Did Now...) Fake News: Convicted Mass Murderer Charles Manson Did NOT Die Aged 83

Note: The news is no longer fake, Manson has now actually died on November 20th 2017. Two websites named florida-times.com and texas-express.com published identical stories last week titled "BREAKING: Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson dies aged 83" (archived here and here). Both stories opened: Infamous serial killer Charles Manson has died after a brief hospitalization, authorities say. He died Thursday…
Nov 19, 2017

by: Maarten Schenk
Fake News: Hugh Hefner NOT Dead at Age 91 (Updated: Now He Is...)

An untrustworthy site by the name of ActionNews3 posted a hoax titled: "REMEMBERING AN ICON: HUGH HEFNER DEAD AT AGE 91" somewhere on July 11th 2017. It opens: Hugh Hefner, Founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, was found dead of natural causes Sunday morning at his home, the Playboy Mansion, in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles,…
Jul 12, 2017

by: Maarten Schenk

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(UPDATE: He Did Now...) Fake News: Convicted Mass Murderer Charles Manson Did NOT Die Aged 83

Fake News: Hugh Hefner NOT Dead at Age 91 (Updated: Now He Is...)

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