J.K. Rowling is dead at 48. At least that's what a circulating report is claiming as of late. The famous 'Harry Potter' author allegedly died of car crash when in reality she is perfectly fine. The report caused a significant frenzy online such that many fans echoed their condolences to the family and friends of J.K. Rowling.
According to Media Mass, an "R.I.P. J.K. Rowling" Facebook page was created in light of the unexpected demise of the popular novelist.
"At about 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday (February 25, 2014), our beloved author J. K. Rowling passed away. J. K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate. She will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page," the description of the Facebook page announcing the British author's death reads.
The site continued by saying that millions of fans showed their sympathy by liking the page and by commenting their condolences to Rowling's loved ones. Meanwhile, Twittersphere was allegedly in frenzy over the sad announcement.
But some fans were very skeptical about the nature of the news since back in Jan. 2013, a very similar report also claimed that J.K. Rowling had passed away.
Back then, a bogus Twitter account, which was named after the famous British spy novelist John le Carré's name, tweeted that Rowling died of a terrible crash.
"A terrible news. My publisher phones me announcing that J.K. Rowling dies by accident. Few minutes ago. No words!" the first tweet of the account read, according to MStarz.
Then, a couple of minutes later another tweet was posted by the same bogus account: "Little Brown, the Rowling's publisher, confirmed. J.K.Rowling died. Press release soon. Please, wait official ann."
Meanwhile, it was found out that Media Mass is another site notorious for spreading false reports. Although the site claims that its main purpose is to mock how mass media generate fake reports daily, it seems that the site is out of line when it comes to publishing death hoaxes.
Other celebrities who fell victim to these celebrity death hoaxes include: Vin Diesel, Lil Wayne, Vince Vaughn, Morgan Freeman, Bill Cosby, and many more.
