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Clooney Caught in Bogus Celebrity Death Craze

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.



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

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61. I'm actually mad that this isn't true... I thought God finally got him for Batman & Robin.

Posted at 8:45AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Gdia

62.
to 8 ILoveLA

Your a Racist. Why do you refer to a white male as a White Boy , That makes You a Bigot .
Yes blacke peopple can be Racist, You are proof.

I bet you whould refer to a black male as a strong black man,,,,,, Please Grow Up..
We have a Half White and Half Black President .,,,,, Get Real....

Posted at 8:57AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Jack

63. Lesson for everyone here - don't believe everything you read in the tabloids or on the internet. Just because the website is a genuine news site and has "news_article" somewhere in the webpage does not mean it is an official and genuine report. Anybody can type up news articles on those websites and make up a load of crap about someone. If it isn't on a reliable news channel (not like Fox News for example) then it's probably not really news.

Posted at 12:07PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Melanie Hoyle

64. These people are sick, sick , sick! Maybe they should die.....................

Posted at 9:00AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Joe Jackson screwed up Michael

65. LaQueesha

He gets any Good Looking Woman He wants and is worth about 800 MIL...
Now what do you think of George ...

Posted at 9:04AM on Jun 30th 2009 by ..........

66. Good Morning ,, Just got up.... Now getting my TMZ does ..
WHO DIED ?
I love Adam Ferarra The Comedian .. Italian ..He Like myself would say his Mom Would Play a Guessing Game ..When he was little " GUESS WHO DIED" so so true...

Posted at 9:26AM on Jun 30th 2009 by JEANNETTE

67. briskle you're an idiot. Both those articles are related to Twitter.

1. When this story appeared on TMZ, there was no mention of George Clooney dying on Twitter according to Tweet grid.
2. If someone is reading a report of someone dying on Twitter and not even bothering to verify it at least ONE other place - they are too stupid to even be surfing the web.
The report here made it sound like there was actual REPORTING of George Clooney dying, not a stupid person sending out a tweet about it.
For so many people to have supposedly heard this very rumor and frantically called to George to confirm - DOES NOT ADD UP WHEN THE RUMOR CANNOT BE FOUND ONLINE.

And now TMZ adds to this story saying the rumor was from "fakeawish.com" - Those stories aren't even page ranked enough to be picked up by Google. Are you expecting everyone to believe that tons of George's friends check fakeawish regularly and saw the rumor there, the only place it appeared other than "after the fact" mentions as on the links you posted here, and were "freaked out"?
Pull your head out of your @ss - it does not add up.

Posted at 10:06AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Sigh@idiots

68. TMZ calling someone else 'lowest of the low'!? OK, that just made me LOL. TMZ is just happy that celebrities are dying (or NOT dying) so that they have something to report.

Posted at 10:25AM on Jun 30th 2009 by Queen Of The World

69. There are some VERY sick people in this world indeed and it's getting worse every day and they're getting sicker everyday. You'd have to be sick or just plain evil to start rumors like this

There's been so many in show business who have died though within the last week even plus Carridine a little earlier it's wild!

BUT you wouldn't know it from the media since they don't cover ANYTHING or ANYONE dead OR alive but Michael Jackson!

He's NOT the ONLY one who has died this past week "media"!

Today's Farrah's funeral and no one including TMZ is even MENTIONING her or it.

I'm sick and tired of hearing about MJ. I'm sorry he died. He was an awesome performer. BUT I also liked Ed McMahon, Billy Mays and especially Farrah!

SHE too was an icon - certainly a huge influence on my generation and she died fighting a courageous fight against cancer but you'd never know it from all the attention being lavished on Jackson only.

HE even got a "moment of silence" and prayers (ha, THAT'S a joke coming from anyone in our government) in our CONGRESS people and a mention from Obama. Did anyone like that take notice of Ed and Farrah or anyone else?

They didn't do all that for two of THE greatest icons of our time - Charleton Heston and Paul Newman!

Well R.I.P. Farrah and God bless your family even if no one in the media even bothers to mention you.

We fans are very very sad and will never forget you. WE will miss you!

Posted at 12:15PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Kathy

70. Jamie Foxx is a drug addled moron that is know to screw anything alive, male, female, or in-between. He and Diddy can take "ownership" of Michael's memory if they want it. Frankly, I'm trired of the whole thing. Talk about media overkill. STOP THE MADNESS!

Posted at 12:09PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Truth Detective

71. What doesnt help is that a CLONEY did die... "Sheila Cloney, 83, Irish parent, central figure in the Fethard Boycott - June 29, 2009"

Posted at 1:05PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Killashandra

72. Damn he is still alive!?

Posted at 1:18PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Rackmo

73. Haven't these scum ever heard the term, "karma"?

Posted at 1:24PM on Jun 30th 2009 by gracella

74. Hahahahahhahaha frigging hilarious that TmZ is calling these death pranksters the lowest of the low!

Posted at 11:35AM on Jul 2nd 2009 by Old School

75. And on the whole it's been a very good year for the undertaker.

Posted at 2:53PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Smackwater Jack

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