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According to a PR Web news story, Andy Kaufman faked his own death 20 years ago and has returned, alive and well. DNA tests prove that this is indeed the real Kaufman and not another hoax. Some fans are outraged, others are just glad to know the legendary comic is alive.
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Andy Kaufman actually faked his death. Since many celebrities have been rumored to fake their deaths, Andy saw it as a challenge to really pull it off. The Orange County Weekly has researched the subject in great detail.
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Andy Kaufman, if his May 16, 1984 death was in fact faked as he reportedly told friends it would be, should be fulfilling his twenty-year return prophecy next Sunday, May 16, 2004. See event planned by friends at the House of Blues club in Hollywood. Cross your fingers.
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Andy Kaufman is alive and posting on blogger.com exactly 20 years after his "faked" death? It's really tempting to completely discredit this as a big hoax. But after all...who else but Andy Kaufman would pull such a stunt?
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Regardless of the rumors regarding Andy Kaufman's death, it is almost certain that he did indeed die on May 16, 1984. His death certificate is on file with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and is ... available on the popular website The Smoking Gun.
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When Andy Kaufman succumbed suddenly to lung cancer in 1984, some of his fans believed that his death was yet another elaborate prank. Over the previous decade, Kaufman had achieved improbable fame for his bizarre antiperformances—lip-synching the Mighty Mouse theme song, reading The Great Gatsby aloud in its entirety when people expected comedy, asking audience members to touch a boil on his neck—that perplexed, annoyed, or offended his viewers.
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