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  • 2016-04-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Jim Carrey Death Hoax (2016) (en)
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  • In April 2016, an unsubstantiated rumor began circulating online that actor/comedian Jim Carrey had passed away. It's unclear where this rumor originated: Most of the messages regarding the death hoax on Facebook focused on the above-displayed image or an R.I.P Jim Carrey Facebook page that has been posting messages about the actor's alleged death since 2013: These messages exhibit the common traits of like farming scams, originating with Facebook pages that post sensational photographs and messages along with requests for likes in order to appear more credible to Facebook's algorithms: The image shown above, stating that Jim Carrey passed away in 2016, was also frequently attached to a claim that the actor died in a snowboarding accident. In fact, this snowboarding accident rumor has been circulating since 2012, when it was published by the death hoax rumor mill Global Associated News. The Jim Carrey death hoax may have sprung from a strange posting on Necropedia web site: as of this writing (30 April 2016), Necropedia states that Jim Carrey passed away on the future date on 1 May 2016: Jim Carrey himself is still very much alive and working on new projects. (en)
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