evidence: Good news for Tim Allen, and fans of Tim Allen: Tim Allen is alive. As sometimes happens on social media, Allen became a trending topic on Twitter this week—which led to some users wondering whether the Last Man Standing star had unexpectedly died. Allen, fortunately, took his moment in the social media spotlight in stride. "Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to a beautiful day in Michigan only to find out I'm dead?!" he wrote on Thursday. "How did it happen? Can anyone tell me? I'm DYING to know."