Death hoax

[7] Other cases of celebrity death hoaxes fueled by social media include Bill Murray, Jon Bon Jovi, Gordon Lightfoot, Shah Rukh Khan[8] Jerry Springer,[9] Bill Nye,[10] BHMNL star Syuusuke Saito, Joe Rogan, Queen Elizabeth II, William H. Macy, Harry Belafonte,[11][12] and Jimmy Fallon.

[15] On 11 September 2023, country music singer Toby Keith was incorrectly reported dead because of his stomach cancer, before his actual death from the disease on 5 February 2024.

The perpetrator of this hoax was identified as James Edward Smith from Idaho, who was questioned by the Secret Service and subsequently sent to a medical facility for psychiatric evaluation.

The origin of the hoax was traced to comedian Tim Heidecker, who had one day earlier posted a tweet with the joking implication that Trump's death was being covered up.

[20][21][22] A hoax letter reporting the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, age 99 and in hospice care, began circulating on social media on 23 July 2024.

The letter contained numerous jokes, such as praising Carter for "selling the United States out to Panama" and referring to his wife Rosalynn as a "baddie" and "the original Brat".

This conspiracy theory was later spread by the QAnon movement, which also claimed that he would return to public life and be Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election.