Claim:Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus was killed in an automobile accident.
Example:[Collected via e-mail, September 2008]
Actress Miley Cyrus Died in Terrible Car Accident
Teen star of the hit Disney television series "Hannah Montana" Miley Cyrus appears to have died in a tragic car accident in the early hours of Friday morning. The young starlet was on her way to the filiming of the upcoming "Hannah Montanna" Series when her vehicle was reportedly hit by a large truck. Witnesses estimate that the colliding vehicle was travelling at "At least 55mph" and had "Run a stop sign." Although rushed in a critical condition to Pacific Alliance Medical Centre, the news broke quickly amongst reporters that the teen had succumbed to her injuries during surgery.
Origins: Pop star Miley Cyrus, the popular 15-year-old singing star of Disney's Hannah Montana TV series, is not dead; she's merely the victim of yet another celebrity death hoax. Phony news reports planted on the Internet by pranksters on 5 September 2008 claimed that Miley had been killed in a car accident early that morning, but there were no mainstream news accounts of such a tragedy, and the star herself performed at the Fashion Rocks concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall later that evening.
Plenty of celebrities continue to produce large incomes after they're dead, but we don't know of any who have made post-mortem concert appearances.
