Johnny Depp did not die in a car crash as claimed by Internet rumors

January 24th, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Johnny Depp Los Angeles, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Johnny Depp is rumored to have died in a car crash in France. But there have been no official confirmation at all, so this also seems like an Internet celebrity death hoax. The Internet is full of stories about his apparent death, but they are all mere speculations as there is no confirmation from the actor’s team. Apparently the rumor gained prominence from the social networking and micro blogging site Twitter, where ‘RIP Johnny Depp’ is trending. This led to a lot of confusion, and soon the death news spread like wildfire.

There are various stories on the Internet, which claim that the sexy actor died in a car crash. The hoax apparently started via a fake news story, which was made to appear as a CNN story, and it was hosted on the free web hosting site www.angelfire.com

On the fake CNN web page it is claimed that Johnny Depp died in a very tragic car crash. And the date on that web page is of 25th March 2004. So probably this fake CNN page was an old hoax, which got linked with the death rumors today.

The 1963 born Johnny Depp started his career playing the guitar in garage bands. Then he became a rock musician. After his marriage to makeup artist Lori Anne Allison, he did odd jobs to support them. His wife introduced him to Nicholas Cage, who asked him to pursue acting. And the rest, as they say is history.

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