Update: George H.W. Bush eventually did die at the age of 94 on December 1, 2018. Is former President George H.W. Bush dead again at 93? Nope, that's just a repeat from an older hoax run by a Ghana-based fake news network that was recently shut down after an investigation by Lead Stories. The new version of the hoax comes…
UPDATE: Barbara Bush did now pass away on April 17, 2018 as reported by the NY Times: Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92 As the wife of the 41st president and the mother of the 43rd, George W. Bush, Mrs. Bush was only the second woman in American history to see a son…
Was the board game "Settlers of Catan" renamed just to "Catan" because the word "settlers" offended certain people? Several reports in Dutch and Belgian newspapers claimed this was the main reason on April 4, 2018 quoting a spokesperson for 999 Games, the company distributing the game. Correction: In an earlier version of the headline above this article we said this…
Rumors that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is dead are not true. (UPDATE: They are now true, Tsvangirai passed away on February 14th 2018) The origin of the rumor is the website "All Africa" or allafricanews.co.za which posted an article (archived here) titled "BREAKING: Zim's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies" somewhere in January 2018 that opened: JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's main…
Note: David Cassidy passed away on November 22nd 2017, see the update below this article. Fake news website city-herald.com published an article on November 19th 2017 (archived here) titled "BREAKING: David Cassidy dies of organ failure after brief hospitalization aged 67". The story opened: Pop star David Cassidy has died in Florida after suffering from organ failure, according to his…
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…
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,…
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