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Shortly after the April 2017 death of Charlie Murphy (brother of Eddie Murphy), an article circulated on social media suggesting the latter had died in a car crash: It was not clear why the item (published in October 2015) became popular, but likely some conflation between the Murphy brothers exacerbated the confusion. A Bollywood actor named Rishi Kapoor also reportedly tweeted about Eddie Murphy's death in error, subsequently deleting the tweet. The claim was published by Linkbeef, a purveyor of fake news and celebrity death hoaxes. Falsehoods previously advanced by Linkbeef included a claims a gang member died after gold plating his genitals, a lab-grown baby had been born, the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was found alive and confused in Taiwan, a wealthy man tried to recruit numerous women to be the prospective mothers of his children, and a death hoax involving comedian Adam Sandler.
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