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Johnny Depp is NOT Dead
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The claim
Social media driven messages claim that much-loved actor Johnny Depp has died, either from drowning on a film set or in a car accident.
Johnny Depp died. He drowned on the Lone Ranger set.
What the fact-checkers found
The claims are false. Johnny Depp is alive and well. This hoax is just one more in a long, sorry line of celebrity death hoaxes that have lately plagued social media sites. In fact, Johnny Depp has been the victim of several death hoaxes in recent years.
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