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"Eddie Murphy has become the latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax.  The Coming To America star was confirmed as being alive and well, contrary to reports that TMZ claims originated on MediaFetcher.com tonight (February 3).   Speculation about the 50-year-old&amp;#039;s passing caused the topic &amp;quot;RIP Eddie Murphy&amp;quot; to trend on Twitter.  Murphy was forced to deny rumours back in 2010 that he had died in a snowboarding accident. The same cause of death was cited in the current hoax.  Celebrities named in a spate of death hoaxes last year included Kevin Bacon, Charlie Sheen, Jersey Shore cast member Nicole &amp;#039;Snooki&amp;#039; Polizzi, Dwayne &amp;#039;The Rock&amp;#039; Johnson and Jon Bon Jovi.  The &amp;#039;Livin&amp;#039; On A Prayer&amp;#039; singer personally denied the rumours by posting a picture of himself to Facebook holding a note reading: &amp;quot;Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.&amp;quot; The man behind the Bon Jovi hoax admitted later that his actions were &amp;quot;quite wrong&amp;quot;. Watch Eddie Murphy in the trailer for Tower Heist below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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