Highlights
- Amitabh Bachchan falsely reported dead online, fans outraged
- Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is the latest victim of fake death rumours. On Tuesday, this report (link to http://amitabh.bachan.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/auto80.php) declared Mr Bachchan dead in a car crash on Route 80 between the towns of Roswell and Morristown in the US.
- The report claimed that Mr Bachchan had lost control of a friend’s car and that witnesses had seen him hit the centre lane divider. It also said he was killed instantly and identified by photo ID found on his body.
- As rumours of Mr Bacchan’s death flooded the Internet, outraged fans took to Twitter:
- AJ Joshi @TheLifeOfAJ
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) is not dead thank god, stop spreading stupid rumours
- MB @MBrahmz
- Amitabh Bachchan is not dead you people need to stfu and stop.
- ïτ'ṡ ѕαмяïï ♥ @QueenKhan10000
- OMG!! Sum1 Spreading False Rumrs Amitabh Bachchan Is NOT Dead!!! He Is Alive Alhamdurillah!! :D
- Mr Bachchan is not the first celebrity to have been killed by deliberate rumour. Rihanna, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Britney Spears and even Lata Mangeshkar are part of a list of famous people falsely reported dead, usually in a car crash or an equally tragic accident.
- Mr Bachchan himself has not responded to the death hoax, but we know he’s alive and well because he’s been his usual busy self on Twitter.
- His last series of tweets, from a few hours ago:
- T 787 - TwFmXtNc : Twiterati Familia Extendum Nocturnal .. the extended family on twitter functional only during the night !! Ha !
- T 787 - And now that the game is over, the entire night to connect with all .. I think we need to change nomenclature of TwFmXt to TwFmXtNc
- T 787 - HOME !!! Aaaaah ! Lovely to join up again with the twiterati familia extendum ! back from the game and another penalty shootout !!
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is the latest victim of fake death rumours.
On Tuesday,
this report declared Mr Bachchan dead in a car crash on Route 80 between the towns of Roswell and Morristown in the US.
The report claimed that Mr Bachchan had lost control of a friend's car and that witnesses had seen him hit the centre lane divider. It also said he was killed instantly and identified by photo ID found on his body.
As rumours of Mr Bachchan's death flooded the Internet, outraged fans took to Twitter:
Mr Bachchan is not the first celebrity to have been killed by deliberate rumour. Rihanna, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Britney Spears and even Lata Mangeshkar are part of a list of famous people falsely reported dead, usually in a car crash or an equally tragic accident.
Mr Bachchan himself has not responded to the death hoax, but we know he's alive and well because he's been his usual busy self on Twitter.
His last series of tweets, from a few hours ago: