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Title: Fresh Prince’ star upset by death rumours
Post by: all4loveandbelieve on June 11, 2010, 11:31:43 AM
Wow! these hoaxes are every where. maybe one day we will see an article saying Michael death was a hoax..




 
James Avery is alive and well
 

Death by hoax


2010-06-10

‘Fresh Prince’ star upset by death rumours
It’s been a while since we’ve seen former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star James Avery in a major role, and if we’re being really honest with ourselves every time he does pop up somewhere we’re more likely to refer to him as “Uncle Phil” than by his real name.

Because of the popularity of that character, it’s no wonder fans were upset to hear via Twitter recently that the star, 61, passed away. Here's the catch: the reports were only a hoax put into cyberspace by some online punks.

And Avery is angry.

“I don’t even know where it came from,” the star told CNN.com. “Pissed me off, I know that. They’re going to take away what little career I have left.”

To be fair, he’s starred in a quite a few things since his time on Prince, most recently including a guest run on The Closer and Sherri, and a one-episode stint on the defunct Eli Stone.

The Twitter reports, which surfaced on June 6, spread quickly and even reached Avery’s mom before they were finally quashed and the actor was able to confirm he was indeed alive and well. “My mother was scared,” he said. “I don’t understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. Make a phone call.”

Avery isn’t the first star to be targeted with a death hoax. Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Jeff Goldblum was reported as falling to his death off a cliff in New Zealand; former ER star Harrison Ford’s plane supposedly crashed, rapper Kanye West was reported as dead last October and just this past February news that Canadian Gordon Lightfoot passed away started on Twitter and spread to news outlets across North America.

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