The phrase 'RIP Shaggy' was widely posted on Twitter and other social media on Wednesday (January 23), sparking rumours that the 'It Wasn't Me' rapper had died.
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A spokesperson for Shaggy swiftly responded to the rumours by assuring TMZ that the musician was very much alive.
"[Shaggy] is like a cat with 9 lives… but I can happily report that he's alive and kicking and in the same building as me right now as we speak," Shaggy's representative said.
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(Pictured above: Madonna in concert)
Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Kris Jenner and Madonna have all been victims of death hoaxes in recent months.
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(Pictured above: Megan Fox at the Golden Globes)
Megan Fox even joined Twitter just hours after false reports of her death trended on the microblogging website.
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Celebrity death hoaxes - gallery:
A Facebook page and subsequent tweets started false rumours that Jackie Chan had passed away in August 2011 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
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