"Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has passed away in his Burbank home." That was the tweet sent from @CNN earlier this afternoon, one that was quickly refuted. "Not true," said Morgan's rep to our sister site Hollywood Life. "His production partner Lori McCreary is speaking to him now as I type." Phew! For its part, CNN is taking this mistake in stride; first they deleted the offending tweet, and then wrote this: "CNN did not report Morgan Freeman death. Rumor is false. CNN will aggressively investigate this hoax." Er, good call. [Hollywood Life]
