Rick Astley is reportedly dead. Rick Astley is also reportedly NOT dead.
In what appears to be yet another Internet death hoax this week, a fake AP report said the singer-songwriter, most famous for his one-hit wonder single "Never Gonna Give You Up" in 1987, had been found dead in a Berlin Hotel Room.
According to a CNN iReport that appeared to be based on a legitimate AP wire story, Astley's body was found at the Angleterre Hotel in Berlin:
"[Rick Astley] was found unconscious in his hotel bedroom and was unable to be resuscitated. He was pronounced dead on the scene."...Show more →
If there's a person who sings that I can hire who will bring a beat box in, when I test for my black belt in Judo or my black belt in Ju Jitsu I think it would be so effin' funny to Rick Roll my instructor.
Or say you botch a wedding or portrait session. You could like bring up your bad photos on the screen, but then Rick Roll them and all will be forgotten! Divorce court? Rick Roll the judge!
CNN just put it on their front page...
