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Clooney Caught in Bogus Celebrity Death Craze

Posted Jun 30th 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff

George ClooneyGood news everyone -- George Clooney is alive and well ... just like Jeff Goldblum and Natalie Portman.

For some reason, some seriously messed up people at fakeawish.com dropped some evil rumors that Clooney was the latest star to croak this week ... and now, we've learned the fake stories have caused some serious concern within his circles.

TMZ spoke with Clooney's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, who told us he's been bombarded by frantic calls from legitimate media outlets and some of Clooney's friends who were genuinely shaken by reports of Clooney's death.

With the rash of actual celebrity deaths in the last few weeks, "death pranks" are at an all-time high -- but the people who are starting these terrible lies ... they're still the lowest of the low.

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Tags: chuck norris, ChuckNorris, fake death, fake stories, FakeDeath, FakeStories, george clooney, GeorgeClooney, jeff goldblum, JeffGoldblum

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31. Well...and how sick can people get? Do not get me started.....

Posted at 6:13PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Xanadu Wallace

32. Nope... I still think he's dead.

Posted at 2:25AM on Jun 30th 2009 by judgeandjury

33. BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS----

George Clooney has just been signed on to play Billy Mays in Dreamworks: The Say Hay Really Loud Kid.

When reached for comment Clooney yelled: I had to take this role! They're paying me in three easy installments of twelve million dollars and they're guaranteeing audiences a barrel of laughs or their money back.
Director Steven Spielberg added.... "This movie's a great deal, call now for tickets, theatre operators are standing by.

Posted at 2:36AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Iam Smartman

34. R.I.P. Fred Travalena and Gale Storm

Posted at 2:48AM on Jun 30th 2009 by bob

35. @ sigh@idioyts: like I've said if you would check better you would read rumour of Clooney's death from... last thursday. Check on google news amongst other places.Lots of those rumours were in fact create on Twitter. And Twitter erased them a few hours after. But the rumours had already begun. Some idiots pretended that he died in a plane crash. Why on earth Clooney would create such a piece of news? Here a few links :

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-N4NSnvWDRz-Yv2K4rKG2BAANVAD992NEUO0


http://www.the-dish.co.uk/2009/06/26/twitter-goes-mad-with-celeb-death-news

Posted at 2:51AM on Jun 30th 2009 by briskle

36. Oh, good. Finally some not-Michael gossip!

Posted at 2:55AM on Jun 30th 2009 by smudge

37. There have been a lot of these rumours going around and they truly are disgusting. While the amounts of deaths that have happened over the weekend have been surprising- no real signs of any illness that could lead to death- the people they are claiming have died are getting stranger and stranger. Britney Spears on Twitter, Rick Astley's 'death' is a new RickRoll, which I'm sure he wouldn't really appreciate.

I've even heard that Patrick Swayze has passed away after his fight with cancer, but since I haven't heard this from anywhere else except word of mouth, I'm assuming it's false.

It's an awfully sad week in Hollywood, and it's certainly most tragic to the families of those lost, and I find it astonishing, but mostly saddening and sickening that people actually find this the perfect opportunity to create false deaths by means of being funny. Truly awful.

Posted at 11:53AM on Jun 30th 2009 by lizzieDEECEE

38. Sorry but this article didn't bring "good news" if there is anyone at all that we could do without, who would perform a service by departing it would be Clueless Clooney probably to biggest ego and biggest jerk in Hollywood. Clooney take a hint and give the people what they want, exit stage LEFT.

Posted at 5:28PM on Jul 10th 2009 by Mike

39. My career is dead. Does that count for anything?

Posted at 3:11AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Jenna Jameson

40. To #20: Claiming someone because of their race is not right. Jamie Foxx cannot just come around and say "Michael Jackson belongs to us". He belongs to no one but himself. The white community loves MJ just as much as the black community.

To me, claiming someone because of their race is kind of racist on its own. Its like a husband claiming that his wives genitals are his because they're married. Its just not right.

Posted at 3:14AM on Jun 30th 2009 by ly9512

41. Ya... people who start rumors are such jerks... right TMZ???

Posted at 3:38AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Rix

42. Ok! George Clooney, Rick Astley, Miley Cyrus, Natalie Portman, Brittney Spears, Paris Hilton, Jeff Goldblum, and many more. Who could belive this?

Posted at 4:13AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Tricia

43. Jamie Foxx is an idiot. That much is certain.

Posted at 4:05AM on Jun 30th 2009 by The Truth

44. Damn, I was hoping this was true.

Posted at 4:48AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Tutty

45. FAIL.

Posted at 4:45AM on Jun 30th 2009 by TMZ IS FULL OF FAGGOTRY

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