Four Celebrities Died This Week... But Only On Twitter

This holiday season was a big one for false celebrity death reports. Skiing accidents seemed to be the favorite way to see your favorite celebrity die on Twitter, but drug overdoses and mistaken identities were popular too. There have been at least four high-profile (but completely false) death reports on Twitter since Christmas, and we’ll take a look at these rumors below.

Owen Wilson was reported dead on December 30th, having lost control of his snowboard and hit a tree while on vacation in Switzerland.

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