Did Canadian-American actor Seth Rogen die in April 2026? No, that's not true: There were no actual news reports about Rogen being dead. The rumor first appeared on Reddit after the actor's fictional on-screen death in an episode of "The Boys" and was then taken up by social media accounts and obscure websites.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on April 29, 2026, on X. It opened:
Seth Rogen tragically found dead at 44.
The post included a black-and-white picture of the actor.
This is what the image looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @JerkForKirk on X.)
The purported news was published on social media by a self-described "parody account" (archived here):
(Image source: X.)
Another website mimicking a media organization that spread the same rumor was 16 days old (archived here):
(Image source: Whois.DomainTools.)
A search on Google News (archived here), however, showed no credible media reports confirming the actor's death.
His account on Instagram (archived here) showed no such announcement.
The rumor was started by a now deleted post on Reddit (Google search link still showing the title of the post archived here) in a fan community for television show The Boys (archived here) that was posted after the actor's character died in the show (archived here).
A similar death hoax previously targeted Seth Rogen (archived here) in August 2021 (archived here).
