I agree..and last week, there was a rumor that the actor who played Napoleon Dynamite had died in a car wreck.... which he did not.
Moral of the story :
Look it up in the news and on google. If it ain't there, it is most likely a prank and nothing more.
"I offer you a Vulcan prayer, Mr Suder. May your
death bring you the peace you never found in
life." - Tuvok.
