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  • 2018-12-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Penny Marshall Donate Her Estate to Trump's 2020 Election Campaign? (en)
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  • The news of actress and director Penny Marshall's death on 18 December 2018 was mere hours old when word began going around on social media that she had left her entire estate to President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. The story originated on the website America's Last Line of Defense (LLOD), which purported to outline the Laverne & Shirley co-star's association with the Trump family: Apart from listing a few of the famous actors Marshall worked with, however, the LLOD article was entirely fictional. Contrary to what it claimed, for example, Marshall did not grow up in an orphanage. She was raised in the Bronx home of her parents, was married (to actor/director Rob Reiner), and did have a child (named Tracy). We were unable to find evidence that Marshall and Donald Trump were lifelong friends. We were unable to find evidence, in fact, that Marshall ever spent much time around Trump or his family at all. Among the reasons we doubt the claim that Marshall spent a year living as a guest of the Trumps in Florida is that the information was attributed to funeral director Art Tubolls -- who does not exist. (Art Tubolls is a recurring fictional character in LLOD articles.) The following disclaimer applies to everything published on LLOD and its companion websites, all of which brand their content as satire: (en)
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