Morgan Freeman is not dead

From his profile on the popular social network of U.S. network microblogging published the news that the actor had died at home. Hours later corrected himself and said it was all a hoax.

During one hour the actor Morgan Freeman has been dead after the publication of the rumor-by mistake or not, and it spread like wildfire to reach millions of users.


Whether by mistake or not, Morgan Freeman has been dead for several hours. Apparently CNN from his Twitter profile, posted the news on Thursday that the actor died at his home in Burbank but, thank God, it was just a mistake. Shortly after CNN itself denied this terrible news stating it would investigate who was behind this hoax.

It was on Thursday when Twitter profile from the CNN unveiled the news that "the actor Morgan Freeman has died at his home in Burbank", a story that made alarm bells media world and one's CNN.

And, while many Twitter users say they read the tweet in which CNN the actor was dead, the television has been supported in the excuse that it is nothing more than a bad joke that investigated thoroughly.

Therefore, shortly after the jump to light this rumor, CNN itself from your Twitter profile, published the following post, apologizing for his mistake: "CNN did not publish the death of Morgan Freeman. The rumor is false. The television aggressively investigate this hoax. "
Other deaths erroneous

However, this is not the only player that some means or the network have left for dead in recent years. The fake death of Morgan Freeman are joined by a deadly traffic accident Johnny Depp, the sudden death of Twilight werewolf Taylor Lautner or Russel Crowe fatal fall from a mountain in Austria, among many other accidents.

With the headline "Johnny Depp dies after fatal car crash ', the web breakingnewsviews.com course showed a picture of the actor's car after an accident that corroborated that the actor's death last January.
Another who has been involved in one of these scams has been the CrepúsculoTaylor werewolf Lautner. The young actor, just 18, had to see how the Internet would kill for an alleged overdose.

Deception - 'hoax', as the Anglo-qualify him quickly spread through the network, through blogs and social networks like Twitter, joining other deaths 'celebrities' recent like Matt Damon, Tom Hanks or Miley Cyrus.