The outlet claims that a Facebook page designated as “R.I.P. Hector Elizondo” had racked up over one million likes, with the About section of the page erroneously noting that the actor died on February 6.
P pages on Facebook, with each article being a carbon copy of the previous one, save for the celebrity’s name.
However, even this article itself appears to be deceitful, since MediaMass also features several other stories about actors with R.I.
While it isn’t easy to pinpoint where this story first originated, it’s entirely possible that this story posted on the website MediaMass is at least partly to blame.