Things tend to happen in threes, so when rumors hit the 'net that the Law & Order: Criminal Intent star died on the same day as Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, we were panic-stricken. Thankfully, the star's appearance on The Colbert Report to "confirm" the death gave us a much-needed laugh.
Wikipedia marked the Mad About You star for death at the end of last year. At least they had him dying happy—he was supposedly "discovered dead in the Squallahassee River where he reportedly enjoyed fly fishing."
Another fake trip to New Zealand, another visit from the Internet's grim reaper. The Top Gunman was in New York City at the time of his supposed descent from the Kauri Cliffs.
The Hannah Montana alum spent the latter half of 2008 debunking rumors of her demise, spread mainly on YouTube. In September, a truck supposedly ran a stop sign and drove straight into her car. Two months later, she was killed by a drunk driver. And yet, here she is, smiling and climbing into her vehicle.
The comic, real name David Adkins, was the victim of a tragic Wikipedia bombing in March 2007 wherein some prankster declared him dead of a heart attack. He was alive enough to be outed as a delinquent taxpayer earlier this year.
The actor was in Canada filming Charlie Wilson's War in 2006 when the news broke that he had fallen to a sudden death in New Zealand. That really tricky cliff is the same one that supposedly took out Tom Cruise and Jeff Goldblum.
Word spread that the Family Matters star had died by suicide in late 2005. We love that he then thanked people who "chose to spread the truth about my mortality."
The 2006 rumor about the actor biting the dust in a paragliding accident was almost as funny as the man himself.
Back in the day, when these two pop stars were the cutest couple on the planet, a set of Texas DJs caused a nationwide panic when they reported the couple in a car accident that left the *NSYNCer in a coma and the pop princess dead.
The rapper wasn't shot by one of the many celebs he mocks in his music, but he was supposed to have gotten into a nasty car crash with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
This mythical death is so quintessential, it even has its own Wikipedia page! Urban legend, which first took root in 1969, claims the original Beatle died in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike.