Fake News: Actor Kevin Chamberlin Did NOT Pass Away Due To Cardiac Arrest

Fact Check

  • by: Maarten Schenk
Fake News: Actor Kevin Chamberlin Did NOT Pass Away Due To Cardiac Arrest

Did actor Kevin Chamberlin pass away following a cardiac arrest? No, that's not true: rumors of his death are circulating on social media but he took to twitter himself to reassure everyone he did not die.

A post has been circulating in the form of an image with following text:

R.I.P.

kevin chamberlin, also known as a TV actor has unfortunately PASSES away in this present... his cause of DEATH was in his sleep due to cardia carrest. another amazing disney comedian has lost been lost, but will never be forgotten their will be a ceremony in washington, the date is not going to get publicly announced until further noticed.

An example of the image can be seen in this Instagram post (archived here):

Dit bericht bekijken op Instagram

rip💔💔 #ripkevinchamberlin #kevinchamberlin

Een bericht gedeeld door Big thicah daddy Hay&isa 😳🧴 (@weloveathicahsister) op

This is the image in question:

kevinchamberlin.jpg

If the many spelling and grammar mistakes didn't tip you off the message did not come from any real news outlet then here is Kevin Chamberlin himself denying rumors of his own demise:

When seeing posts about celebrity deaths on social media, always check major news sites first to confirm before sharing! You might end up saving fans a lot of grief.


  Maarten Schenk

Maarten Schenk is the co-founder and COO/CTO of Lead Stories and an expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.

Read more about or contact Maarten Schenk

About Us

International Fact-Checking Organization Meta Third-Party Fact Checker

Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, misleading, deceptive or inaccurate stories, videos or images going viral on the internet.
Spotted something? Let us know!.

Lead Stories is a:


WhatsApp Tipline

Have a tip or a question? Chat with our friendly robots on WhatsApp!

Add our number +1 (404) 655-4223, follow this link or scan the image below with your phone:

@leadstories

Subscribe to our newsletter

* indicates required

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Lead Stories LLC:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.

Most Read

Most Recent

Share your opinion