Is Lou Reed dead...or not?

[magical thyme]

http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html

“Lou Reed dead 2013” : Singer killed by internet death hoax



By Jessica Simpson|
Washington|
Last updated on October 27, 2013

News of singer Lou Reed’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the October 2013 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the singer best known for his hit song Walk on the Wild Side is alive and well.

[SamYeager]

1. That's the only source I can find at this being a hoax

but many reputable news organizations have reported the death.

[Chan790]

3. All of which cite Rolling Stone as their source...

I'd consider it an open question until confirmation from a second source and think RS was negligent to report it without a confirmation.

There is no word on the official Lou Reed Twitter feed or Facebook page...and the Lou Reed website is down with a 500 server error.

[blogslut]

7. mediamass is a crappy satire site based in China

I'll go with Rolling Stone.

Seriously, what is with all the very not good satire sites? Such laziness.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Let's hope that it was a very bad hoax.

[Orrex]

4. Jessica Simpson

Um.

[PoliticAverse]

5. "The Mediamass Project : Media criticism through satire"

http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project

[OhioChick]

6. TMZ confirmed his death

http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/27/lou-reed-velvet-underground-dead/

[jakeXT]

8. DeadOrAlive isn't updated yet

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/rnames/Reed+Lou

[antiquie]

9. But it links to Wiki

which says he is.

[steve2470]

10. wow a website dedicated to mortality or lack thereof...mind blown for today nt

[Ptah]

11. Lou's not here, man.

[Tom Ripley]

12. I'm afraid it's true; Timothy Greenfield Sanders has now confirmed the news

[HarveyDarkey]

13. Now the #1 on Google News, afraid it's true

RIP Lou, thanks for the music

[mulsh]

14. would the NY Time print something that's wrong?

sure I always check page the page 2 or 3 corrections section before reading anything else.

how ever here's a link to their obit[

link:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/arts/music/lou-reed-dies-at-71.html?_r=0|

[Bucky]

15. But Abe Vigoda's still around right?

Ugh. Stupid internet

[Paulie]

18. Yes he is!

He runs his own site.

http://www.abevigoda.com

[Bucky]

19. Phew

I don't think he runs or owns that site.

[Paulie]

20. What makes you think that?

[LiberalElite]

16. I guess we'll have to wait to hear

from him.

[orleans]

17. there is a memorial page for him up on findagrave dot com n/t

[Iggo]

21. "...confirmed as a complete hoax..."

Oh yeah?

By whom?

Sources? Links?

[Dash87]

22. This is all pretty strange. He's definitely dead, though. He would have responded by now.

[Taverner]

23. The hoax is a hoax

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2013/10/27/report-that-lou-reeds-death-is-a-hoax-is-a-hoax.htm