The Deol family calls social media out on the hoax

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Amidst actor Dharmendra’s death rumors on the internet, the Deol family calls social media out on the hoax.

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00:00Amid reports of Dharmendra's death plastered on social media, his daughter Isha Diol and

00:07wife Hema Malini stepped in to say that he was in fact stable and recovering and that

00:12news channels were on overdrive and this was unforgivable.

00:16The film veteran aged 89 had been admitted in Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital since

00:20November 10 after he complained of breathlessness.

00:23Bogus death reports and hoaxes are not new to the entertainment industry.

00:28From Jackie Chan to Tom Cruise's reported brushwood death due to a plumbing accident,

00:32many famous personalities have been witness to their own obituaries in the past.

00:36Actor Poonam Pandey actually staged her death for a cervical cancer awareness campaign one

00:41time, earning both fame and controversy.

00:44In the West, rapper Little Tay was falsely reported death through compromised Instagram accounts.

00:49Within Bollywood, actor Dilip Kumar was a frequent target of these hoaxes as his wife Saira Banu

00:53stepped in multiple times.

00:55Even Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikanth issued statements to put rumours around their health

00:59at rest frequently.

01:00Clearly, in the age of social media virality, news and rumours spread faster than fire in

01:05an attempt to be the first to clickbait.

01:07Now?

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01:102020...

01:11RUSSIA

01:12Well, non!

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01:15No!

01:16hole

01:17Europe

01:17Who was a cute kisser?

01:18No!

01:18raisi

01:20我要

01:20Who follows?

01:21Do an instant

01:22Here is what to mention.

01:23Finally, her зовут

01:23Maya

01:26Moon

01:27Going under the Baron

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01:30Do an instant

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01:31Go

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