Rumors spread all throughout Twitter and Facebook Tuesday that Bill Cosby had died, but the rumors turned out to be a hoax, as confirmed by Cosby himself.
"Emotional friends have called about this misinformation," Cosby said on Tuesday. "To the people behind the foolishness, I'm not sure you see how upsetting this is."
This is not the first time Twitter fans have alleged Cosby's death and in 2010 after a similar rumor was started, the actor went on Larry King Live to lament. "I don't want to do this anymore, because this is my fourth time being reported [dead]," Cosby said.
In addition to Cosby, "Bill Nye the Science Guy," whose real name is William Sanford Nye, was reported dead on Sunday August 26th. On August 27th he reassured fans that he was not indeed dead, and tweeted that he was "alive and at JPL press conference," alongside a picture of himself at the conference.
Cosby and Nye are not the only celebrities that have been "killed" by Twitter and other social media sites. Kristen Stewart's ex Robert Pattinson was said to have committed suicide at the end of July. Songstress Taylor Swift was reportedly found "dead in her home," on August 6th as reported on a fake Twitter account claiming to be Swift's. Comedian John Witherspoon was rumored to have died in early August, but he responded to the news with a tweet that read "What the Hell ya'll talking bout on Here?!?!? I ain't 'DEAD' I'm in Ft. Lauderdale at the Hard Rock Café Getting dat Paper."
Among the other celebrity superstars that have been victims of Twitter death hoaxes are: Denzel Washington, Gotye, Lady Gaga, Adelle, Usher, Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber who apparently died twice on Twitter.