The country singer has been the target of a hoax report published online Monday night, claiming that the 56-year-old recently died while filming a movie in Kitzbühel, Austria.
"Preliminary reports by Austrian police officers indicate that the actress has dropped more than 100 meters to his death in a remote area of the mountains Hahnenkamm, while on set," read a report on Global News.
Field of McEntire didnt respond to a request for comment, and fans were flooding Facebook page of the flame-haired singer and Twitter account with desperate wondering if the story is false.
Although McEntire hasn't updated his social networking pages since early afternoon Monday, a disclaimer easily overlooked located at the bottom of the website Global Associated News reveals that the story is a complete fabrication.
In small print, a box reads: "this story is 100% fake! This is an entertainment site, and this is a totally false article based on zero truth and is a complete work of fiction for entertainment purposes!
"This story was dynamically generated using a generic ' template ' and is not done. Any reference to specific individuals was 100% made by visitors to the site who created the fake stories by inserting a name into a blank template ' non-specific ' for the purpose of entertainment. "
McEntire is the second famous face to fall victim of a hoax death online within the past week.
On Friday, a Twitter user concocted a fake tweet made to look like a retweet from CNN's official account claimed that Cher had disappeared. Although many – including Kim Kardashian – fell for the hoax, good friend of pop icon, jewelry designer Loree Rodkin, quickly set the record straight.
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