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Originally posted by theyreadmymind
Here's one that I don't remember but people in my family recall him dying and having had a funeral.
Ian McKellen - actor who played Gandalf in Lord of the Rings (ALIVE)
Originally posted by mike_trivisonno
Does anyone think Tiger Woods died in a horrible auto accident?
Someone tried to repair it and something went wrong. Just a thought.
Originally posted by mrsoul2009
My friend, its a simple matter of mistaken identity. No time travel, no alternate universe. Maybe a little too much weed but other than that nothing out of the ordinary.
The story was started because of the death of George Wendt SR. (Norm's father) He passed away in Chicago and it was reported as George Wendt without the initial reports qualifying it as the Sr. Wendt, not Jr..
Originally posted by ziggystrange
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
Originally posted by Donkey_Dean
I remember many years ago seeing in a magazine about Joanne Woodward's (Paul Newman's wife) death. I didn't know that she was alive until Paul died.
I remember when she died too. It was in the mid 70’s? She died by drowning. She had gone swimming in the ocean off of their boat. I remember it clearly. Wikipedia shows her alive.
This sounds like you may be confabulating with Natalee Woods, drowning?
In 1982, People magazine erroneously declared him dead. Vigoda took the error with good humor, posing for a photograph showing him sitting up in a coffin, holding the magazine in question. This rumor was nearly started again in 1987 when a reporter for Secaucus, New Jersey television station WWOR, Channel 9 erroneously referred to him as "the late Abe Vigoda".[citation needed] She corrected herself on the air the next day.
Erroneous reports of Vigoda's death as well as questions of whether he is alive or dead have become a running joke
AbeVigoda.com lists Abe Vigoda's current state as dead or alive.
Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by '___'omino
I gave as an example Fish, (Abe Vigoda) who was most definatly reported dead many years ago, and in talking to Crakeur, i found out he is still very much alive.....
Ernest Borgnine
I know there have been lots more..... I hope this is a satisfactory answer for you...we're discussing something that really happens, a phenomenon, and you're busting my chops because you want names. Really.
Originally posted by dragonridr
I think this happens when people are told an actor from so and so died. In your case you probably remember the death of Bob Denver he played Gilligan. In our information overload society people just make mistakes and easily Ernest Borgnine could get substituted.
Originally posted by mike_trivisonno
Does anyone think Tiger Woods died in a horrible auto accident?
Someone tried to repair it and something went wrong. Just a thought.
This is got my skin crawling. Based on the above comments, perhaps Tiger Woods avoided death but paid a hearty price. It is weird that he has a minor car accident and in literally 24 hours his entire life is gone. It is strange.
[edit on 2-1-2010 by mike_trivisonno]