Death hoax

Abe Vigoda, seen here on Barney Miller in 1977, was mistakenly reported as dead many times before his actual death in 2016.

A death hoax is a deliberate report of someone's death that is later revealed to be untrue.[1][2][3] In some cases, it might be because the person has intentionally faked death.

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  3. ^ "Ordinary reactions to extraordinary events", by Ray Broadus Browne, Arthur G. Neal, 2001, ISBN 0-87972-834-5, chapter "Dead or Alive", pp. 21-42