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Twitter hoaxes claim other celebs dead

Yahoo!7 June 26, 2009, 11:30 am

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Twitter and bloggers have got the rumour mill spinning in top speed today with internet reports that Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett aren't the only celebrities to die today.

According to reports on Twitter.com actors Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum have also died, Goldblum's fate apparently occurring in New Zealand.

New Zealand police communication officer Jon Neilson told Newstalk ZB that the Goldblum story is a hoax.

The Goldblum rumour may sound familiar, the 'falling off a cliff' death was used when Tom Cruise was filming The Last Samurai in New Zealand in 2002.

The reports spun out of control when actress Demi Moore wrote on her Twitter page: "I just heard Jeff Goldblum may have died today too!!! Can anyone confirm that?"

Then a link from website Media Fetcher was sent around the web 'confirming' the reports.

"Actor Jeff Goldblum died while filming a movie in New Zealand early this morning - June 25, 2009.

"Preliminary reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set. Specific details are not yet available.

"The accident occured at aproximatly (sic) 4:30 a.m. (UTC/GMT +12). Additional details and information will be forthcoming."

Meanwhile other Twitter feeds said Harrison Ford has been lost at sea.

Celebrity gossip hound Perez Hilton has slammed the rumours saying:

"I keep getting tons and tons of emails about Jeff Goldblum. Can his publicist please release a statement to just stop these rumors?"

And fellow actor Kevin Spacey finally put the rumours to bed by saying on his Twitter account:

"Jeff Goldblum is alive and well. I just spoke to his manager. Stop these stupid rumors."

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kenneth v 05:17pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
Pat how much news is being shown about Farrah Fawcett passing?
kenneth v 05:15pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
Ruth you can't understand why put out these rumours? And spam and false claims about terrible events. Simple, these people don't have a sex life and are getting their rocks putting out these rumours, spam and false claims.
George 05:13pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
smoking at two years its going tobe hard too brack the father should be horse wipped
Donna W 05:06pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
actually, i saw elvis (really a bad impersonater) driving a bus in sydney
Chris M 04:36pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
I saw Elvis and Marilyn Monroe having lunch with Harold Holt.
John 04:23pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
Well I don't know about these particular stars and people but I definitely saw Elvis today..............
John 04:20pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
I think I saw Elvis today...............!
pat 04:15pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
I would have to agree with Ruth here, seriously get it together people, this sort of crap only adds to peoples anxiety and destress levels. Most decent people are mourning the loss of 2 huge figures in entertainment so leave the stupid pathetic rumours in your pathetic little minds. RIP Farah an ...
shanna lee 04:01pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
Hi im not sure who read this but i have a bigger problem than worring about poor m/j I need a fairy god mother or god father I have diddled my ex partner of his rents that comes in and as iam a dissabillt pensioner i cant put it back i need a loan from some nice person to the amount of $15.000 and ...
Ruth 03:58pm Friday 26th June 2009 EST Report Abuse
I can,t unbderstand why people who put these rumors about people who are in the public eye.causing great distess among relivates, who ave not be in contact for awhile. I was just wandering how they would like it if it was on the other foot.