More celeb death rumors: Now it's Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford!
Only hours after news broke about Michael Jackson's death, the Internet is buzzing with rumors that both Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford died Thursday.
Only one website is reporting Goldblum's death -- and their site isn't currently up and running. Still, the rumor is that he fell to his death on the set of a movie in New Zealand. Here's another mention. However, his page on Wikipedia reports that the news is a hoax.
Screencrave.com also insists its a hoax: "Police National Head Quarters in New Zealand told 3 News they know nothing about the claims and have not had any reports of such an incident in Northland. They say similar rumors were circulating six to eight weeks ago and believe it’s false information."
Another website reports that Twitter posts indicate Harrison Ford died today, but again nobody else is reporting it or passing it along.
Both Ford and Goldblum are currently filming the movie Morning Glory, which only two days ago was being shot in New York City, according to one more reputable website. So chances that either actor are dead in New Zealand or anywhere else seem nearly impossible.
There was a similar rumor about Tom Hanks dying in 2006.
The Twitter website is crawling pretty slow with all the Jackson news flying around, so it's nearly impossible to check the sources. But stay tuned as we try to figure it all out.
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It was actually Woody Haroldson's Ford
that died. It's been in the shop 7
times since Woody bought it. What
a lemon!
Posted by: eric | July 13, 2009 at 01:01 PM
And my good friend Abe Vigoda is still alive-n-kickin' (today)
Posted by: Max | June 27, 2009 at 01:22 AM
It is so true Death comes in 3's this time it is 4. Carradine, McMahon,
Farrah & Michael. I loved them all.
Posted by: Ellie | June 26, 2009 at 10:14 AM
everyone forgetting caradine that fast already?
Posted by: hewt | June 26, 2009 at 08:49 AM
lot of rumors around.
Posted by: aerobed | June 26, 2009 at 04:26 AM
The only people dead are MJ,farrah and ed mcmahon no one else so please just shutup
Posted by: Aaron aguirre | June 26, 2009 at 03:07 AM
Did anybody hear about Puck from the Real World???
Posted by: JCJC | June 25, 2009 at 09:49 PM
Harrison Ford & Jeff Goldblum are still alive & kicking. I've never heard of this riddiculos story before all my blinking life, well except "michael Jackson" good riddance, cos he's weird and a child's molester.... If that story aboyt Jeff & harrison were true, then i'll properbly kick myself in my teeth.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Bean...
Posted by: Steven Hale | June 25, 2009 at 08:59 PM
Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard gone!:
http://www.oxygen.ie/page/951
Posted by: MADianito | June 25, 2009 at 08:35 PM
http://www.fakeawish.com/
oops, here is link
Posted by: joe light | June 25, 2009 at 08:30 PM
kill off any celebrity :) three different ways!!
Posted by: joe light | June 25, 2009 at 08:29 PM
Guys, this is a definite hoax. I'm pretty surprised how fast this one travelled too.
NZ police denial: http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/update.html?id=8608
He's in New York: http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/rachel-mcadams-and-jeff-goldblum-hard-at-work-214413/
And the site FakeAWish.com about faking deaths has the EXACT story about this for any celebrity you type in. http://www.fakeawish.com
Posted by: Kelsey | June 25, 2009 at 08:26 PM
i doubt harrison ford died.
Posted by: dannielle | June 25, 2009 at 08:26 PM
it's fake
http://jeff.goldblum.mediafetcher.com/news/top_stories/actor_new_zealand.php
change the name for jeff goldblum to someone else, even yourself and it says you are and actor that fell off a cliff
Posted by: ben from nz | June 25, 2009 at 08:23 PM
People talk about how Twitter is the fastest way to deliver breaking news, but when it can be false a lot of the time, people will always wait for official confirmation anyway.
Posted by: Johnny | June 25, 2009 at 08:23 PM
its called 4chan!
Posted by: e | June 25, 2009 at 08:21 PM
He is dead I saw it on msnbc.com
Posted by: JJ Giro | June 25, 2009 at 08:20 PM
He is dead I saw it on msnbc.com
Posted by: JJ Giro | June 25, 2009 at 08:20 PM
No Mates-he IS DEAD,
I saw him with my own two eyes. He was filming some movie on the top of what we call roundabout hill and he tumbled into the crick below-bloody horrible and I was over 100 yards away! Sorry mate-rest your soul!
Posted by: G'Day Matey | June 25, 2009 at 08:16 PM
You know with all that is happening and if this site is looking for hits by saying these others have died shame on them.
Posted by: kathleen | June 25, 2009 at 08:16 PM
oh, now i just read that brad pitt fell to his death while filming in new zealand. who's posting this stuff?
Posted by: Jim | June 25, 2009 at 08:16 PM
Maybe by dead, they mean Ford finally got hitched to Calista. Death of his freedom.
Posted by: Erin | June 25, 2009 at 08:13 PM
From Mark Evanier's blog, it sounds like somebody came up with this rumor just so they could add the punchline: They're dropping like flies.....
Posted by: Toby O'B | June 25, 2009 at 08:12 PM
One fake website generated a fake news article, causing all this.
Posted by: anonymous | June 25, 2009 at 08:10 PM
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp
"Jeff Goldblum" substituted for "Tom Hanks".
Christ, people believe anything.
Posted by: J Smith | June 25, 2009 at 08:09 PM
SPELL CHECK IS YOUR FRIEND!
Posted by: SJ | June 25, 2009 at 08:08 PM