Witherspoon Not Dead

Actor John Witherspoon laughed off false rumors about his death when he was "killed" during an online hoax.

The star of the headlines on Friday was "RIP John Witherspoon" among all the topics on Twitter as users on the Web and social networking sites were flooded with tributes to the actor.

His story on Wikipedia had been updated to share the apparent loss, but Witherspoon went late on his Twitter to tell the fans that he is alive and well in Florida.

He tweeted, "What the Hell y'all talking bout on Here?!?!? I ain't 'DEAD' I'm in Ft Lauderdale at the Hard Rock Cafe Gettin dat Paper... S**iiit, I'm too busy Gettin this money 2 die haha.”

The 70-year-old’s Wikipedia page was corrected later.