Morgan Freeman Dead [On Facebook, Anyway]
UPDATE OF THE UPDATE: In the article, we linked to a smaller “Morgan Freeman Death” Facebook page. The real action is going on at this Facebook group – it’s sitting at over 500k “likes!” Go forth, readers! Flag and flame to put a stop to the idiots perpetuating this ridiculous rumor!
UPDATE: As of this posting, it appears that the “thousands” of fooled masses have figured it out, as the R.I.P. Morgan Freeman Facebook page has shrunk in status to about 30 “likes.” Good job, people!
Morgan Freeman is dead. On Facebook. Yes, the respected actor has become the latest celebrity victim of the fabled “social media death hoax,” a ruthless killer that has claimed many of our beloved celebrities this year.
An R.I.P. Morgan Freeman Facebook page was created on September 5, 2012 claiming that the actor is dead, in much the same way that Bill Cosby was “killed” a short time ago in his own celebrity death hoax. The Cosby death hoax stirred mostly anger and disappointment in people (including a friend of the Cos, who was reportedly left in tears over the rumor) who said that the page was created for no good reason whatsoever, aside from attention and the maker’s contention that it was a “funny prank.” Not so, said the internet. Now, this “thoughtless” and “mean” prank has claimed another: The Dark Knight Rises star Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman is currently in stable condition, recovering from a celebrity death hoax started on Facebook. This viral condition has affected dozens of celebrities just this year, including wrestler/actor John Cena, magician/professional creeper David Blaine, and children’s scientist Bill Nye.
Freeman will have to defend his status as a living celebrity once again (he’s battled fake death hoaxes before, notes NYDaily) in the face of thousands upon thousands of “likes” piling up on the R.I.P. Morgan Freeman page.
“Celebrities are still normal people with family members and friends just like us. How would you feel if someone said your most precious loved one has passed away? You can’t joke about someone’s death,” wrote one Facebook user.
The best way to combat celebrity death hoaxes, as noted by MStarz, is to battle the temptation to “tweet it” until the report can be verified by one of the major and respected media outlets, like this one here. You can also brush up on your Death Hoax spotting skills by taking the Inquisitr’s new Death Hoax 101 course.
So R.I.P., Morgan Freeman. Have a good rest of the day, sir.
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Posted: September 6, 2012
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Sep 7, 2012
I noticed your article is almost exactly the same as one of the writers that wrote this article on mstarz.com. Can you explain that?
Sep 7, 2012
Thank you for linking back to us!
Sep 7, 2012
Sep 7, 2012
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Sep 7, 2012
Really fb y r u faking someone's death. Drama
Sep 7, 2012
Fail…
Sep 8, 2012
This really shits me…. Why do people do this??
Sep 8, 2012
what sick minded people we have in this world!
Sep 8, 2012
Fag
Sep 8, 2012
Good to know its just a rumor
Sep 8, 2012
Wow
Sep 8, 2012
you guys are sad,that's so not a joke,grow up:-/
Sep 8, 2012
Hoax
Sep 8, 2012
Wasn übler Joke auf Facebook…
Sep 8, 2012
These hoax's are crossing the line. I really believed that bill nye had passed away some one needs to put a stop to this.
Sep 8, 2012
I don't agree with it but the guy was ovbovusly bored shitless probibly could have directed his time and energy else where less harmful and more effective like Justin bieber!
Sep 8, 2012
Here is the one to lay the hurtful fake RIP FB pages…..please like it….the other one has over 185K likes and it's fake. PLEASE RT this page to do away with celebrity death hoax pages,,,,, https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages.
Sep 8, 2012
Just saw somewhere Sean Bean was dead
Sep 8, 2012
Like my page and post it if you would like!
Sep 8, 2012
I have, but it was quickly deleted when I found out where he got it from. I'll keep an eye out for others (Bean's deaths in movies excluded of course)
Sep 8, 2012
Hopefully we can make this the go to on FB to check and see if someone has passed. I get the CNN breaking news and I know pretty quick! You can make pics or post things if you would like, Thanks for joining. I've been on twitter hopefully some of those people will repost because they reach so many at one time.
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages IT'S TO DO AWAY WITH THE HURTFUL CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES! Please help this cause!
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages IT'S TO DO AWAY WITH THE HURTFUL CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES! Please help this cause!
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages IT'S TO DO AWAY WITH THE HURTFUL CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES! Please help this cause!
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages IT'S TO DO AWAY WITH THE HURTFUL CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES! Please help this cause!
Sep 8, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages IT'S TO DO AWAY WITH THE HURTFUL CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES! Please help this cause!
Sep 8, 2012
Wow, that's a clever put down!
Sep 8, 2012
Ok super
Sep 8, 2012
Fag
Sep 8, 2012
Seriously this is such a daft and utterly selfish act to continue with such nonsense!
Sep 8, 2012
"Fag" is slang for "cigarette", unless it's meant as a shortened form of "faggot", then it means "a bundle of sticks". Up until a generation or so ago, one could, in good conscience, say they were going out to gather some faggots to throw on a fire; and the old song "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag" contains the line, "While you've a lucifer (meaning, match) to light your fag (meaning, cigarette)".
Sep 8, 2012
FAG!!!!!!!
Sep 8, 2012
why are peopke bn so dumb like really saying peopke died when they didnt? thats horrible ur disgusting we have this ONE life to live y u wanna waste it bn stupid and pathetic…. grow up! n use the braibs that god gave you!
Sep 8, 2012
What r u… a fricken CAR!!! lol.
Sep 8, 2012
If it is true ill miss m. I've watched him since the 70s when he played on a kids show called Electric Company. If this is real, RIP to em.
Sep 8, 2012
He is alive and well
Sep 8, 2012
It's also a bundle of sticks!
Sep 8, 2012
yes, he is evidently a car. how very intellectual of you. You could have at least used either krabben or fischer to make some sort of witty crab fishing joke.
Sep 8, 2012
People need to grow up
Sep 8, 2012
Some people will never grow up Sarah. That is just a fact of being human.
Sep 8, 2012
He is still alive : )
Sep 8, 2012
it's not that stalled yet, since the page opened and until I first saw it it garnered over 200k likes, now it has over 400k likes and still going strong. The page should be removed. It's misleading and some people (whom I consider lazy) won't check the facts before spreading.
I always fact check before I share an RIP message.. I have seen too many people fooled by these hoaxes.
Sep 8, 2012
it's not that stalled yet, since the page opened and until I first saw it it garnered over 200k likes, now it has over 400k likes and still going strong. The page should be removed. It's misleading and some people (whom I consider lazy) won't check the facts before spreading.
I always fact check before I share an RIP message.. I have seen too many people fooled by these hoaxes.
Sep 8, 2012
idiot!
Sep 8, 2012
idiot!
Sep 8, 2012
Lol so from what I gathered from reading these comments are "those people pranked me into believing a celebrity is dead so I stupidly believed it and now I'm all butthurt" I mean don't get me wrong the celebrity death hoaxes are stupid but completely harmless, this is just too stupid of most commenters on here to be as upset as they are for if it were a friend that did this to you would you not give a "ohhhh man you got me" reaction?
Sep 8, 2012
Who you calling a bunch of sticks? …or are you simply asking for a cigarette? Sorry, I don't smoke.
Sep 8, 2012
Who you calling a bunch of sticks? …or are you simply asking for a cigarette? Sorry, I don't smoke.
Sep 8, 2012
Who you calling a bunch of sticks? …or are you simply asking for a cigarette? Sorry, I don't smoke.
Sep 8, 2012
So he's not dead ?
Sep 8, 2012
So he's not dead ?
Sep 8, 2012
Melissa, could you link that page? The one linked in the article was the top search on FB when I wrote this article, and it has only grown to 155 likes. If there is a bigger one, copy me on it and we'll update the article. Thanks!
Sep 8, 2012
Melissa, could you link that page? The one linked in the article was the top search on FB when I wrote this article, and it has only grown to 155 likes. If there is a bigger one, copy me on it and we'll update the article. Thanks!
Sep 8, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/RipMorganFreeman?filter=2 560k now!
I have been trying to reply to those believing that it is a hoax, but the creators of the page delete my comments and report me for spam.
Sep 8, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/RipMorganFreeman?filter=2 560k now!
I have been trying to reply to those believing that it is a hoax, but the creators of the page delete my comments and report me for spam.
Sep 8, 2012
http://www.facebook.com/RipMorganFreeman?filter=2 560k now!
I have been trying to reply to those believing that it is a hoax, but the creators of the page delete my comments and report me for spam.
Sep 8, 2012
We will update, thanks for the tip!
Sep 8, 2012
no problem. I saw the post, my friend had shared a pic from this one's page, so I went fact checking. After that starting telling my friends to stop the RIP messages.. some people are just very lazy… if they just check news sources or even GOOGLE it they would know… ugh
Sep 8, 2012
oh and btw there is now a counter page: Morgan Freeman Lives: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Morgan-Freeman-Lives/381913641881535
Sep 8, 2012
This shit ain't funny
Sep 9, 2012
Morgan Freeman is alive and well, people!
Sep 9, 2012
people are crazy man
Sep 10, 2012
Dusten, could you possibly do something on my facebook page and twitter? I would like to start both so that will be a reliable source to go to and see if a celebrity death is a hoax or not? I will comment the links for both. I'm trying to start something helpful. I mean imagine if you are at the mall checking your FB and see that one of your parents is "dead?"
Sep 10, 2012
Dusten Michael Carlson https://www.facebook.com/RipHoaxPages
Sep 10, 2012
Dusten Michael Carlson https://twitter.com/AliveAndFamous
Sep 10, 2012
why do people do it is what I'm wondering, what could anyone accomplish from doing this (and trolling)?
Sep 11, 2012
Not funny…sick joke. I really like Freeman, what a voice. Put your sick mind somewhere else…maybe get a life.
Sick joke, not funny. I reallly like Freeman, what a voice. Take your sick mind elsewhere; maybe you ought to get a life.
Sep 15, 2012
I believed it to be true thanks to facebook but google quickly set it straight.
Sep 15, 2012
Nooooooooooooo I mean yessssssssss
Sep 18, 2012
these fake death idiots need to hop in a piece of crap ford focus and do a THELMA AND LOUISE ADIOS.
Sep 22, 2012
https://www.facebook.com/MRFREEMANISALIVE
Sep 22, 2012
Bill Nye actually co-hosts the NASA radio Station 3RD ROCK RADIO, on time to time. you can google this station to find a stream link, and also a free app for Android phones.
Sep 22, 2012
How is it completely harmless?.. It's a form of bullying. How would you react if it were about a family member of yours?
Sep 22, 2012
Carol Oberkonz No, he is not.
Sep 22, 2012
and also,this page.
https://www.facebook.com/MRFREEMANISALIVE
Sep 22, 2012
it's false.