Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson victim of sick death hoax as fake accident story goes viral

Dwayne Johnson has become the victim of another sick death hoax after a fake news story suggesting he’d died in a stunt accident went viral.

The post purported to be from BBC News and featured the headline “Dwayne The Rock Johnson Dies at 47 after a terrible stunt attempted failed”.

The link took social media users to a fake website rather than the legitimate BBC site and it horrified fans as it circulated online.

The 47-year-old actor and wrestler has yet to comment on the hoax, but he has been active on social media.

Johnson has even been posting videos of  himself on Instagram , with one showing him thanking a fan for gifting him a beaded version of one of his movie posters.

This isn’t the first time The Rock has been a target for a death hoax.

In 2011 and 2014, the Fast and Furious star was declared dead by online trolls.

 

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He responded to the 2011 rumours on his Facebook page, telling fans: “Rumours of my death are false.

“I’m still ‘Bringin’ It’ 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year – including leap year!”

The fake report declared: “Actor Dwayne Johnson died while filming a movie in New Zealand early this morning – June 10, 2014.

“Preliminary reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set.”

However, the movie star was very much alive and well at the time.