Bill Cosby: I'm Not Dead

Twitter tries and fails to take down another celebrity
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 2, 2010 6:47 PM CDT
Bill Cosby: I'm Not Dead
Bill Cosby speaks after receiving the MLB Beacon of Hope award during the Major League Baseball Beacon Awards Luncheon at the Duke Energy Convention Center, Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Cincinnati.   (AP Photo/David Kohl)

Bill Cosby is not dead, despite what you might have read on the Internet this afternoon. In fact, the 73-year-old comedy legend is alive, well, and making up words on Twitter, reports WPIX. Using a term he created after a similar false alarm in February, he tweeted today, "Again, I'm rebutalling rumors about my demise." He added, "Emotional friends have called about this misinformation. To the people behind the foolishness, I’m not sure you see how upsetting this is." To learn more about things the web has actually killed, click here.
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