Miley Cyrus Death Hoaxes
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Miley Cyrus Death Hoaxes are fabricated rumors concerning the death of recording artist Miley Cyrus, which are often spread on Facebook by malware, phishing and survey scam websites.
Origin
In September 2008, members of Anonymous circulated an internet death hoax rumor that Cyrus had been killed in a car accident. The rumor was paired with a screenshot of a fake Yahoo! News story[1] and persisted via edits to her Wikipedia page and a front-page link on Digg (shown below).
Spread
August 2013
According to Snopes,[2] a fake news story reporting that Cyrus had committed suicide circulated via Facebook as early as August 2013 (shown below). The story included a link to websites containing survey scams, malware or phishing pages that could compromise the viewer's Facebook account.
![Hollywood Superstar MILEY CYRUS committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence after a traumatic stress. Miley was rushed at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and she was dead on arrival. MILEY recorded a suicide video message for her fans. (watch more..) BREAKING-NEWS-[R.IP.]-MILEY CYRUS commits SUICIDE after traumatic stress-[Rest in Peace] hollywooddailydose/exdusive (for 18 years and abo... MILEY recorded a suicide video message for her fans. Share a few seconds ago via Click Allow to watch the video.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/797/511/e44.jpg "e44.jpg")
October 2013
On October 2nd, 2013, an anonymous user of 4chan‘s /b/ (Random) board initiated a rumor that Cyrus had contracted AIDS (shown below), suggesting that the diagnosis of a potentially terminal illness is the reason behind the singer’s recent breakup with actor Liam Hemsworth and her controversial stage performances. Though it was short-lasted, the hoax led to the use of the hashtag #CureForMiley on Twitter to draw attention to the campaign.
July 2014
On July 19th, 2014, a screenshot of Cyrus laying down next to a spilled bottle of prescription medication from a video titled "Blonde SuperFreak Steals the Magic Brain"[3] began circulating online with the headline "{SHOCKING} Miley Cyrus Found Dead In Her Los Angeles Home!" (shown below). According to the Epoch Times,[10] the hoax was primarily spread on Facebook via a survey scam website.
On the following day, the celebrity news blog Hollywood Life[4] reported that Cyrus was aware of the story and found it "pretty funny." In the coming days, the hoax was reported on by several other news sites, including The Huffington Post,[5] MTV,[6] The Independent,[7] International Business Times[8] and Crushable.[9]
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External References
[1] HoaxSlayer – Miley Cyrus Death Hoax
[2] Snopes – Miley Cyrus
[3] Rolling Stone – Blonde SuperFreak Steals the Magic Brain
[4] Hollywood Life – Miley Cyrus Dead?
[5] The Huffington Post – Miley Cyrus Is The Latest Victim Of An Internet Death Hoax
[6] MTV – The star has gone silent on social media
[7] The Independent – Miley Cyrus Death Hoax
[8] International Business Times – Miley Cyrus Died of Drug Overdose Declared as Fake
[9] Crushable – Miley Cyrus Was So Amused By Her Death Hoax
[10] Epoch Times – Miley Cyrus Dies
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![Hollywood Superstar MILEY CYRUS committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence after a traumatic stress. Miley was rushed at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and she was dead on arrival. MILEY recorded a suicide video message for her fans. (watch more..) BREAKING-NEWS-[R.IP.]-MILEY CYRUS commits SUICIDE after traumatic stress-[Rest in Peace] hollywooddailydose/exdusive (for 18 years and abo... MILEY recorded a suicide video message for her fans. Share a few seconds ago via Click Allow to watch the video.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/797/511/e44.jpg "e44.jpg")
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