The latest Twitter death hoax, Keanu Reeves, came shortly after news of Whitney Houston’s death went viral across the internet. Rumors spread about Keanu Reeves apparently dying in a snowboarding accident over the weekend. This Twitter death hoax was started on a fake news site as many of them do.
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So just who were the culprits in this viral Twitter death hoax? That would be the fake news site, Global Associated News, which claimed that Keanu was killed while snowboarding accident. Just what is Global Associated News? Believe it or not, Global Associated News is a celebrity fake news generator, thats right, all you have to do is type in a celebrity’s name and the site will automatically create a death hoax post for you. How this is legal, we don’t know.
Here is the story that was generated by the site that made the Twitter death hoax go viral.
The fake site indicated that Reeves had been on vacation at a ski resort in Switzerland when the accident occurred. The false story also claimed the actor was airlifted to a local hospital, but that he had died instantly from the impact of the crash. This set off a lot of worried and upset tweets from fans who thought the actor had really perished.