We repeat: Twitter isn't a news supply. Eddie Murphy is 100 percent alive.
Sources near the Tower Heist star have already debunked the hoax, simply the most recent in a very long line of on-line pranks designed to faux kill a star for a few reason.
Eddie Murphy
The frenzy was initially sparked by MediaFetcher (dot) com, then unfold like wildfire because of Twitter. This website is believed to be to blame for spinning bogus stories regarding alternative varied celebrities they claim are dead however don't seem to be.
The Bon Jovi death hoax was a unique guy, but Cher, Charlie Sheen, TooShort, The Rock, Kevin Bacon, Luke Perry, Jack Black, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Tom Green, Tiger Woods, George Clooney and others have fallen victim these days.
All are still alive and kicking. Thank goodness.
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