Highlights
- "I'm not dead," Bill Cosby, the legendary American comedian has said, scotching rumours that he had passed away.
- Cosby called in to CNN's Larry King Live and took to Twitter last night after yet another Internet rumour claimed that he was dead.
- "I don't want this person, or whatever, to do this anymore," the 73-year-old actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist told Kyra Phillips, who was sitting in for the soon-to-retire King.
- This is the fourth time the 73-year-old comedian has been "reported" dead. He has spoken out in the past when these claims were made, but this time was different, he said.
"I'm not dead," Bill Cosby, the legendary American comedian has said, scotching rumours that he had passed away.
Cosby called in to CNN's
Larry King Live and took to Twitter last night after yet another Internet rumour claimed that he was dead.
"I don't want this person, or whatever, to do this anymore," the 73-year-old actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist told Kyra Phillips, who was sitting in for the soon-to-retire King.
This is the fourth time the 73-year-old comedian has been "reported" dead. He has spoken out in the past when these claims were made, but this time was different, he said.
"I found out when my daughter called the house," he said. When he got on the phone with her, she told him that people have been calling her asking about him, thinking he was dead.
Cosby also received word from friends, one of whom told him that when he was told by his son that the funnyman had "died", the man cried.
"I just want to say to friends of that person: Just tell him to stop, because it isn't funny," Cosby said. "People are not amused by this," Cosby was quoted as saying by CNN.
The comedian also posted via Twitter a request for the rumours to stop: "Emotional friends have called about this misinformation. To the people behind the foolishness, I'm not sure you see how upsetting this is."