# Rick Moranis Death Hoax **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726 "2004-06-10T22:18:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/1 "2004-06-10T22:18:14Z")
[Rick Moranis dead, hit by train.](http://24.46.68.186:40/yahoo/entertainment/07866.html) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/2 "2004-06-10T22:19:37Z")
Never mind, found it was fake. Delete if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/3 "2004-06-10T22:49:10Z")
Wtf ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/4 "2004-06-10T22:49:37Z")
Yahoo was also fooled by the Andy Kaufman returns “story”. Or was it AP that was fooled this time? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/5 "2004-06-10T22:54:51Z")
:: cuts power cord from nearby lamp :: :: strips wires :: :: plugs in cord :: :: applies stripped ends to chest :: :: jolts hearts back into rhythm :: \ Don’t _ **DO** _ that!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/6 "2004-06-10T22:56:49Z")
The shrieks I emitted scared the cats. Don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/7 "2004-06-10T22:57:29Z")
What garbage. What would induce someone to start something like this? > [@](#): > > Coroner Chytil declined to be quoted as saying the death was suicide, but said further investigation into the circumstances was being made, although indications pointed to suicide. Makes me want to vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/8 "2004-06-10T23:00:51Z")
Where are you finding that, **Nightwatch**? The link in the OP is giving me a “page cannot be displayed” error. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/9 "2004-06-10T23:09:59Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Where are you finding that, **Nightwatch**? The link in the OP is giving me a “page cannot be displayed” error. The link works fine for me… I’m using Opera, if that matters. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/10 "2004-06-10T23:14:59Z")
I am not impressed! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/11 "2004-06-10T23:21:59Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > Never mind, found it was fake. Delete if you wish. How did you find out it was fake? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/12 "2004-06-10T23:28:13Z")
More importantly, why does Yahoo News still have it if it’s fake? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/13 "2004-06-10T23:42:36Z")
Yahoo News doesn’t have it - look at the URL. It’s not at Yahoo. [This](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=794&ncid=790&e=10&u=/eo/20040607/en_movies_eo/14254) is the only story the Movies section of Yahoo News’s Entertainment section has for the 7th. Make note, also of the different URL formula. And the fact that the current date section says it’s still the 7th on that page, where on actual Yahoo pages, it’s the correct date. Someone went through a lot of trouble to mock up that page, but it’s a hoax page. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-moranis-death-hoax/249726/14 "2004-06-10T23:45:25Z")
Okay, let’s allow this one to sink slowly into the west. Thank you _so_ much, **Flamsterette\_X**.