Okay maybe I'm the only one who thought Shirley Temple was already dead.

[fflo]

This got me to thinking of a new internet hoax. You pick some dead person and spread the news that she/he's just died. Without a whole lot of work, with a borderline celebrity in particular, I bet you could have some people going, for a while.

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[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I actually saw this happen on Facebook last year - some burlesque group reposted, an articles about Bettie Page passing away...

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Wait, Bettie Page is dead??

(hahaha)

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

[roobarb.livejournal.com]

I thought she was too

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Okay, then! This does make me feel a tad less crazy in that particular regard.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Actually I've seen several posts about people who died years ago, with links to old obituaries. And yes, they got passed around quite a bit.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

So much for my originality. :P

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Enh, originality is overrated. It was still an amusing idea.