Top sportspersons whose death turned out to be fake news feat Kieron Pollard
Image Source : GettyRick Fox, former Basketball player, was initially rumoured to be among those who died in a helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. But later it turned out to be a fake news
Image Source : GettyDwayne Johnson, famously known as 'The Rock', was falsely reported to be dead on April 12, 2014 while shooting for Fast and Furious 7
Image Source : GettyKieron Pollard was reported to be dead in a car accident on Youtube. He was playing in Abu Dhabi T10 League then.
Image Source : GettyMichael Jordan was reported to be dead in February 2015 with the claim that he had died of heart attack in his sleep.
Image Source : GettyIndia's former captain and World Cup winner Kapil Dev also became a victim of death hoax. He was reported to have lost his life but he had only undergone angioplasty surgery in Delhi.
Image Source : GettyGuy Edwards, former F1 racer, was reported dead overnight in October 2018. But his former colleage visited him in Ireland and confirmed he was still alive.
Image Source : Twitter)NicolasLeyratUSAHeath Streak's former Henry Olonga revealed the news on Twitter of the former Zimbabwe's captain's death. But soon he shared a whatsapp chat with him confirming that the news was fake.
Image Source : GettyRed Storey, the Canadian Football player, was reported dead by a Montreal radio station. But later it was revealed that another person named 'Red' had passed away.
Image Source : Twitter/BygoneBoatmenClarence Davis , the American football player, was announced to have died on October 26, 2022 by his former team Las Vegas Raiders. But later the team issued a formal apology confirming Davis was alive.
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