# False death reports **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451 "2023-01-01T05:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/1 "2023-01-01T05:52:51Z")
My wife recently received word via the internet (I don’t know whether it was Facebook or somewhere else) that Kathy Bates and Kevin Kostner had died. They both seem to be alive. Anybody else getting “news” like this? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/2 "2023-01-01T07:05:41Z")
That has become a meme on some You Tube channels. Tell someone their favorite celebrity has passed and record their reaction. Most are painful to watch. The only one I saw that caused me to crack a smile was a guy telling a young gal that Trump had died. She had an over the top melt down. The guy turned the camera to himself and said “The sad part she is not faking this”. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/3 "2023-01-01T10:58:54Z")
Costner, not Kostner. Someday I really need to learn to spell. No one is recording my wife watching You Tube. But maybe someone she knows watches You Tube and doesn’t understand it is just a bad joke. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/4 "2023-01-01T11:32:26Z")
And used for clickbait. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/5 "2023-01-01T14:15:45Z")
…along with fake reports that a long-dead celebrity is now over 100 years old. Anything for clicks. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/6 "2023-01-01T15:17:43Z")
The other day a co-worker gleefully shared about 10 or 15 of these reaction videos. They were cringey-bad. mmm ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/7 "2023-01-01T15:26:30Z")
Michael J. Fox recently. Still with us. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/8 "2023-01-01T19:27:55Z")
I heard that Mark Twain has died. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/9 "2023-01-01T19:31:10Z")
What’s the latest on Generalissimo Francisco Franco? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/10 "2023-01-01T19:32:53Z")
Still dead. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/11 "2023-01-01T19:45:05Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Still dead. - Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/12 "2023-01-01T19:56:51Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BjRqj_STFFM/hqdefault.jpg "El Generalisimo Francisco Franco Still Dead SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRqj_STFFM) ---
**Author:** ![loriloolee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@loriloolee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loriloolee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/13 "2023-01-01T19:57:12Z")
Just yesterday, my husband read somewhere that Sal Volcano from Impractical Jokers had died. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-death-reports/977451/14 "2023-01-01T20:02:24Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [https://youtu.be/BjRqj\_STFFM](https://youtu.be/BjRqj_STFFM) - I hate to tell you this but that’s a fake newscast.