Ricky Martin reportedly died, according to multiple online reports. However, it would appear that none of those previous reports were true, and that the "She Bangs" hit maker was merely a victim of yet another celebrity death hoax.
A lot of celebrities have fallen victims to these fake death stories of late. What separates Ricky Martin's false death report was that it was not pulled together from hysterical fan tweets or a satirical news blog. Instead, the internationally Latino singer found himself the victim of a completely fabricated death report on YouTube.
The Ricky Martin fake death news was complete with grief-stricken comments that definitely did not come from his family. Plus, there was also a fake statement from Ian Thorpe, who happens to be the recently "out" swimmer from Australia, regarding a child that they have both allegedly reared.
Other false reports have also indicated that Martin had mentored Thorpe before he decided to come out of the closet as a gay man during a television interview with Michael Parkinson just last year.
The truth is that Thorpe had actually never met Ricky Martin, let alone had had a romance with him. It was Thorpe, himself, who confirmed this
What makes these false Ricky Martin dead reports even worse is that they come with footage of an immensely horrific car accident. According to the creator of the clip, the "Livin' La Vida Loca" song maker was the man who died in the accident, indicating that he passed away on New Year's Day. So far, more than 300,000 people have already viewed this fake video.
Ricky Martin, on the other hand, did not seem to mind that there are death reports that are making their rounds all over the World Wide Web about him. After all, he was already in heaven. He even took to Twitter to joke about this latest predicament of his. He wrote, "Hello from #heaven."
