Not dead while paragliding: Will Ferrell

Comedian Will Ferrell was falsely reported dead in March 2006. Free online press release service i-Newswire published a press release saying Ferrell had been killed in a paragliding accident. The press release was written by an anonymous prankster and apparently made it past an editor who was not familiar with Ferrell. When i-Newswire learned of the hoax, the press release was immediately removed from the site.