While the hoax news took everybody by surprise at the new way news are relegated to redundant rumors, the actor and politician maintained his decorum by not responding to the hoax.
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Since the last couple of days, several media houses in India and across the globe have been reporting the death of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator star and former Governor of California, Los Angeles. Fake information about Arnold’s loss of life was also dispersing throughout the advertising and marketing due to the past 48 hours, which often remaining his blowers in dispair.
A day after the fake report surfaced online, Schwarzenegger was spotted with producer Robert Earl at the E Baldi Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman personally came forward to clear rumours and mock fake stories suggesting he had died, while assuring fans that he was alive and well.
This is not the first time though that an actor or celebrity has been called dead. However, Jackie Chan is not the only one in facing a death hoax.
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Other celebrities, who were mourned even while they were alive, include Rowan Atkinson, Russell crow, Rihanna, Jackie Chan, Eddie Murphy, Norman Reedus, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Ricky Martin. It reads in a typical obituary written after the death of any celebrity and anyone who reads it would fall for it, including the journalists who fail to cross-ceck their facts.
