Rumors of Hugh Hefner's death proved yesterday that 2011 is the year of the hoax. Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner's Twitter account was hacked into yesterday, with pranksters reporting that he had died of a heart attack.
The rumors of my death are, as Mark Twain observed in a similar situation, greatly exaggerated. I'm very much alive and kicking. Hefner jokingly Tweeted.
Hefner is 85-years-old. He suffered a mild stroke over when he was 59 and has since calmed the ruccus lifestyle for which he is still wildly famous with men around the world.
The quintessential playboy has dated up to seven women at once.
Charlie Sheen Death rumors also circulated the Internets today.
As with the Hugh Hefner death rumor, Sheen used Twitter to dispel the rumors.
The actor wrote, Warlock: long nap...very much alive.
It appears Sheen's still #Winning. And his career is still alive too with another TV show reportedly in the works for the former-Two and a Half Men star.
OJ Simpson Confession rumors were almost as scandalous as the Hugh Hefner death rumors.
Oprah Winfrey's representatives denied allegations that OJ Simpson told her producers he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, just hours after it was reported by The Daily Mail and The National Inquirer.
The former athlete and television star was expected to tape an interview with the daytime talk show icon.
OJ Simpson's confession may not have excited as many as Hugh Hefner's death rumors did today, but it was still shocking.
Tom MacMaster's Gay Girl in Syria took Internet gullibles to a place far away from the Playboy mansion, where Hugh Hefner's death was rumored to take place.
The world Internet community believed that Gay Girl in Damascus blogger Amina Abdallah Arraf al-Omari was really blogging from the streets of Damascus.
Confirming allegations that Amina was a figment of his imagination, Tom MacMaster, a student in Edinburgh, Scotland, posted his final blogs on her Web site, explaining that his false identity was a nerd experiment meant to confirm the pervasiveness of new forms of liberal Orientalism.
It is believed that Tom MacMaster, the man behind Amina Arraf, took this photo of Jelena Lecic from Facebook and used it in a hoax that tricked the international Web community.Death&TaxesPlayboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (R) and girlfriend Holly Madison arrive at the Madden NFL ?09 VIP Premiere party hosted by EA Sports and XBox in Los Angeles, California August 7, 2008.REUTERS/Fred ProuserIf Halloween costume sales reports are any indication, we could be seeing a lot more Charlie Sheen come October 31.ReutersThe murder case of O J Simpson, former Heisman Trophy winner and star NFL fullback began with the televised police chase of Simpson in a white Ford Bronco through Los Angeles roads on June 17, 1994.Simpson was charged with murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman on the night of June 11, 1994.Simpson married Nicole Brown in 1985, but the couple split in 1992. On the day of murder, Simpson and Brown attended their daughter's play in Los Angeles and then parted ways. Brown went to dinner with friends, and Simpson left to pack for a flight to Chicago scheduled later that night. The next morning, neighbors found Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman murdered outside of Brown's Los Angeles condo.Initial evidence pointed in Simpson's direction. The limo driver who picked Simpson up to take him to the airport on the night of the murder testified that no one answered the doorbell when he arrived at Simpson’s house. While waiting, the driver then saw a large black person in dark clothes enter Simpson's house. Moments later, Simpson answered the door. According to the driver’s testimony, blood was found in some of Simpson's belongings, including his white Ford Bronco and a pair of socks.The trial began on January 24, 1995, after Simpson pled not guilty to the two murders. His defense team, led by Johnnie Cochran, turned the focus of the trial proceedings to alleged racism of the lead police detective in the case. Some felt that Cochran manipulated the race issue as a ploy to gain the sympathy of the jury which was majority-black. After more than four months of court proceedings, the jury acquitted Simpson of both counts of murder.Public questioned the jury's decision, as circumstantial evidence suggested the other way. To add to the bewilderment, Simpson was found liable in the wrongful death civil suit brought by the Brown and Goldman families soon after. Wikipedia
