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The message was posted in a priority spot on the Wikipedia’s entry for actor-comedian Sinbad.

Why so? Because of a post saying Sinbad had joined the dead.

“Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter,” says Associated Press.

“The gossip quieted, but a few days later the 50-year-old entertainer said the phone calls, text messages and e-mails started pouring in by the hundreds.

Sinbad, real name David Adkins, told AP this kind of mistake would become, “more commonplace as the Internet opens up more and more” and wasn’t “that strange”. And no doubt he’s not displeased by all the free PR.

He said he hasn’t had an apology from the Wikipedia, adds AP.

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Also See:
Associated Press - Wikipedia falsely reports Sinbad’s death, March 16, 2006

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