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  • 2016-04-27 (xsd:date)
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  • John Madden Death Hoax (2014) (en)
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  • Editor's Note: The Associated Press reported that John Madden died at the age of 85 on Dec. 28, 2021. The fact check below pertains to a hoax that circulated online in 2014 and 2016. A rumor about Hall of Fame coach John Madden's alleged death started circulating online in April 2016: The rumor started after the web site LockerDome put up a link to a fake news article, which was published on 29 April 2014 by the entertainment web site Empire Sports: There was no truth to this story when it was initially published in 2014. There was still no truth to this fake news item when it recirculated two years later, at a time when John Madden was still alive and well at 80 years old (not 78). Empire Sports, like the related Empire News, is one of many satire and entertainment web sites that publishes only hoax stories: LockerDome is an interest-based social network that started as a place for sports fans to gather online but later expanded to include other interests. (en)
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