London,
(ANI):
Gossip
websites
crashed
after
hoaxers
claimed
that
Hollywood
hunk
Johnny
Depp
had
been
killed
in
an
accident.
The
fraudsters
mocked
up
a
CNN
page
saying
he
had
died
in
a
car
crash.
The
reports
alleged
that
wreckage
was
found
outside
Bordeaux,
in
France,
and
pictures
showed
a
guard
rail
embedded
in
the
car.
It
was
reported
that
the
Pirates
of
the
Caribbean
star"s
body
was
lying
nearby
among
booze
bottles.
“The
police
suspect
that
alcohol
was
the
cause
of
the
accident," the
Daily
Star
quoted
the
hoaxer
as
saying.
Twitter
users
forwarded
the
bogus
report
and
grieving
fans
jammed
the
Internet
with
one
search
engine
reporting
13million
hits.
Computer
experts
claimed
Johnny"s
'death'
was
the
most
searched
subject
in
the
world.
But
last
night
the
bemused
actor,
46,
assured
fans:
“I"m
alive
and
well."
“He"s
fine,"
insisted
his
spokesman
Robin
Baum