2012Did actor Michael Clarke Duncan, famous for his role in the 1999 movie "The Green Mile," die? News of his death went viral again in 2023 after a clickbait website (likely from Pakistan) reposted an undated obituary for the actor that appears to have been stolen from a Canadian news website. The article (archived here) was published by a website named "DarsaalPakistan" (using the deceptive domain name bbcnewsz.com) on January 25, 2023, under the title "'Green Mile' Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Dies At 54." It opened:Hulking and prolific actor Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, shown here at the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles, died Monday after suffering a heart attack, his fiancee said. According to WHOIS data, the domain name for the website bbcnewz.com was registered anonymously on January 3, 2023:Domain: bbcnewsz.com Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2023 17:19 UTC