Don’t fall for that new viral hoax; James Earl Jones is not dead!

The new death hoax surrounding James Earl Jones, who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies, was published by a parody website. The link that claimed the actor had died would take the easily gullible to a page stating “You got owned!” Jones also confirmed he was alive via his Twitter (TWTR) account, reports E!

Here’s what some Twitter users had to say about the James Earl Jones death hoax.

• “To the person who started the James Earl Jones hoax: I hope he finds you force chokes you and finds your lack of intelligence disturbing”
• “My mother spreading rumors about James Earl Jones on FB and I’m thinking ‘maybe today is the day I unfriend you again.'”
• “The Force is still strong with James Earl Jones.”
• “Now that I’ve performed an extensive search on James Earl Jones being alive or dead(he’s alive), I can go to work.”
• “I’m seeing a lot of “RIP James Earl Jones” posts and tweets…he isn’t dead. That’s a hoax ppl”

James Earl Jones isn’t the first celebrity to be the target of a death hoax and he likely won’t be the last. Others that has suffered temporary digital deaths include the following:

• Gene Hackman
• Ricky Martin
• Macklemore
• Judd Nelson
• Miley Cyrus
• Betty White
• Macaulay Culkin
• Cesar Millan
• Chumlee
• Wayne Knight

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