ESPN Made Me Think That Eddie Murphy Might Be Dead

Bill Simmons at ESPN.com made me think that Eddie Murphy might be dead today when he published an article called "The Career Arc: Eddie Murphy" because the article summary said "the Sports Guy pays his respects to the funniest super-duper star". When I read "pays his respects" I assumed the worst fearing that Eddie was dead and that I had missed hearing about it because I don't watch enough TV and "pays his respects" is usually used in reference to people speaking of the dead at funerals or elsewhere. Fortunately I did a Google search for "Eddie Murphy Dead" and "Eddie Murphy Died" for which I only found results for a hoax story about him dying in a snowboarding accident that never happened.

Be more careful ESPN before you start some viral rumor of Eddie not being able to party all the time anymore.