claim: Actor Scott Baio died in a small plane crash on his way to play golf with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
origin: Actor Scott Baio, 56, is alive and well, despite a 29 May 2017 report that originated on the web site Last Line of Defense to the effect that he was killed in a plane crash on his way to visit President Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida: < Chachi can now apologize to Joannie for being so rude. Scott Baio, 56, was killed when the single-engine CessnaÂ he was in crashed into the side of a hill in Louisiana. Baio was headed to Mar-A-Lago to barbecue shrimp and play gold [sic] with President Trump. Baioâ€™s wife, Raylene, wasnâ€™t on the planeÂ but was checked into St Timothyâ€™s on a suicide watch after the news sent her into a breakdown. Spokesmen for several actors who wouldnâ€™t be caught dead in a film with Baio said that he was â€œreally special as Chachiâ€ and he â€œsure did do a nice job with Charles in Charge.â€ > We assume that the phrase â€œplay gold with President Trumpâ€ is a typo, and that the author intended to write â€œplay golf with President Trump.â€ Not that the detail matters, given that Last Line of Defense is a well-known purveyor of fake news and the entire story is a work of fiction. As stated in the web siteâ€™s disclaimer, LLOD is a â€œsatiricalâ€ publication: < We present fiction as fact and our sources donâ€™t actually exist. Names that represent actual people and places are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and do not in any way depict reality. >