Michael Lohan Suicide Tweets Are Bogus

By PopEater Staff Posted Nov 30th 2009 07:24AM

Michael Lohan doesn't exactly have a history of verbal restraint, so when a Twitter account named @themichaellohan began writing snippets about family drama and wanting to jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge, entertainment bloggers across the Web figured it was the real deal. Thankfully, it seems the Tweets -- like the one that read: "fiance just left me. my family hates me, i spent Thanksgiving with my mom i just cant do any of this any more" -- were all bogus, and the father of Lindsay Lohan is still with us. All the Details After the Jump >>

Word of the alleged suicide pleas began to spread on Sunday evening, with sites like Gawker.com and AllieIsWired all jumping on the story. In the Tweets, which have since been erased from the Twitter page, "Lohan" said: "death of father put me in a black hole IDK what to do" and that he was "heading to the brooklyn bridge." He even sent one to Lindsay's Twitter account, writing: "@lindsaylohan, love you b ye." To see all of the now-vanished Tweets, visit AllieIsWired.

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Celebrity Death Hoaxes

In what may be the first death hoax via Twitter, someone claiming to be Michael Lohan tweeted that the embattled celeb dad to Lindsay was going to jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge. Lohan quickly denied authoring the Twitter posts, saying "This is not not not me." See More Celebrity Death Hoaxes

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Celebrity Death Hoaxes

In what may be the first death hoax via Twitter, someone claiming to be Michael Lohan tweeted that the embattled celeb dad to Lindsay was going to jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge. Lohan quickly denied authoring the Twitter posts, saying "This is not not not me."

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Zach Braff was not found with an "empty pill bottle" near him when he was most certainly not found dead in October, 2009. Some joker doctored a CNN article with the headline "Beloved Scrubs actor found dead in his home." The funny actor posted his reaction to it on Facebook, calling the article's author a "douchebag" for scaring his mom.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 18: Actor Tom Hanks arrives at Shakespeare Festival/LA's Simply Shakespeare 2009 "The Comedy of Errors" at The Geffen Playhouse on May 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Like Goldblum, Tom Cruise also died after plunging from the Kuri Cliffs in New Zealand. His flack called the 2008 report "erroneous and unreliable Internet garbage" and the star looked very much alive later that day when he attended his wife Katie Holmes' Broadway show, 'All My Sons.'

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Jeff Goldblum did not perish in June 2009 after plunging to his death off a New Zealand cliff.

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NEW YORK - AUGUST 28: Actress Jaclyn Smith visits FOX 5's "Good Day New York" at the FOX 5 studios on August 28, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Soul Brother/FilmMagic)

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Will Ferrell supposedly died in a freak paragliding accident in 2006. The obit was so detailed, it even included a quote from his parents, who said their son died doing "one of the things he loved the most."

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SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Harrison Ford attends the "Harrison Ford EAA Young Eagles" press conference at the Santa Monica Airport on September 29, 2009 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)

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'Napoleon Dynamite' star Jon Heder perished after crashing a car in Salem, Oregon. The message read that Heder was the passenger when the car's driver "saw a deer run in front of the car" causing them to drive "off a steep ten foot embankment after rolling three or four times."

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: Miley Cyrus attends 2009 VH1 Divas at Brooklyn Academy of Music on September 17, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Gossip blog Shabooty quickly cleared everything up, as they purportedly received an email from a very alive Michael Lohan disputing the Twitter posts.

"This is not not not me. I do not have and never had a twitter and twitter's corporate office confirms that. My lawyers are investigating," Lohan allegedly wrote to the gossip site. As far as PopEater can tell, that's all true, as we've never seen a Twitter account linked to him.

Lindsay, however, is an avid Twitter user, and often the drama in her personal and love life plays out on the microblogging site. She has a long history of airing out dirty laundry with former girlfriend Samantha Ronson on Twitter.

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Lindsay Lohan Snapshots

The constant paparazzi mob is nothing new to Lindsay Lohan, as she's seen here being followed by photographers and videographers on November 15.

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Lindsay Lohan Snapshots

Roy Lopez Jr. (L) appears with his attorney, David D. Diamond, in Los Angeles during a Superior Court hearing on November 23, 2009, where Lopez was expected to be arraigned on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. A new arraignment was set for December 2. AFP PHOTO / NICK UT / POOL (Photo credit should read NICK UT/AFP/Getty Images)

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Roy Lopez Jr., left, appears with his attorney, David D. Diamond, in Los Angeles during a Superior Court hearing Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, where Lopez was expected to be arraigned on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. A new arraignment was set for Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, Pool)

Roy Lopez, Jr. appears in Superior Court in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, during his arraignment on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Roy Lopez, Jr. appears outside Superior Court in Los Angeles Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, after his arraignment on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

**ADDS THAT THE ARRAIGNMENT WAS POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 2. ** Roy Lopez, Jr. appears outside Superior Court in Los Angeles Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, after his arraignment on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. The case was postponed until Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

**ADDS THAT THE ARRAIGNMENT WAS POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 2. ** Roy Lopez, Jr. appears in Superior Court in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, during his arraignment on charges of being part of a group accused of stealing more than $3 million from luxury homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox. The case was postponed until Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 18: Actress/singer Lindsay Lohan (L) and Mistrella Murphy attend the GQ "Men Of The Year" party held at Chateau Marmont on November 18, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for GQ) *** Local Caption *** Mistrella Murphy;Lindsay Lohan

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