A Facebook post rippling across timelines this week carries a jarring claim wrapped in a broken-heart emoji: “The Hollywood Icon Everyone Adored Just Passed Away.” No name is given, no cause is mentioned, and no outlet is credited. The caption simply urges readers to click through for more, promising answers that, according to the link attached, are supposed to be waiting just one tap away…
That promise does not hold up. Following the link leads not to an obituary or a news story but to a dead page on an unfamiliar site, one that offers no name, no date, and no confirmation of anything resembling the claim made in the original post.
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