evidence: Vin Diesel, the star of the Fast & the Furious movie series, is not dead despite a Facebook post claiming the actor was killed during a car stunt in his backyard. The fake news post includes the CNN logo. The post reads, "BREAKING NEWS | Hollywood Cries after Vin Diesel, Died In a FAIL STUNT on his Backyard. | TODAY, May 2020." Included in the post is a video titled, "Actual Footage: VIN DIESEL CAR STUNT ACCIDENT." [...] Diesel has been the victim of two major death hoaxes in the past. Politifact detailed a death hoax in 2018 that allegedly involved the actor dying after attempting "the perfect stunt." The first major death hoax involving Diesel appeared in January 2014, according to Snopes.