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Kevin Bacon death reports false

The Philadelphia born actor is alive and filming, despite persistent rumors.

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Kevin Bacon death reports false

POSTED: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 1:18 PM
Still very much with us

In addition to six degrees, Kevin Bacon also apparently has nine lives. A rumor took root on the internet today that the Philadelphia-born actor had died in a car accident in Australia.

The truth is he is Atlanta on a film set making a movie with Dennis Quaid and Robert Duvall.

For some weird reason, false reports of Bacon’s death seem to pop up with regularity, most recently in May.

In 1999, news of his alleged passing spread quickly after someone misread a death notice for a Kenneth Bacon.

We’re only guessing, but the new wave of rumors may have stemmed from the title of the film Bacon is making in Atlanta: Jayne Mansfield’s Car.

Mansfield, a Hollywood sex symbol, famously died in a car crash in 1967.

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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:23 PM, 07/13/2011
    By reporting a rumor.. The newspaper continues....Try not to report a rumor until it is the truth..That is journalism 101...Try harder
    STEVE5444
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:42 PM, 07/13/2011
    Kevin Bacon has a fine film resume. The last X men film, he protrayed a great villian character. Tell us more about what he is doing and less about the rumors.
    Clark_Kent_SuperHero


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