Is Actor Eddie Murphy Dead?

Actor Eddie Murphy is reported to have died shortly after a snowboard accident earlier today - July 24, 2012.

The actor & novice snowboarder was vacationing at the Zermatt ski resort in Zermatt, Switzerland with family and friends. Witnesses indicate that Eddie Murphy lost control of his snowboard and struck a tree at a high rate of speed.

Eddie Murphy was air lifted by ski patrol teams to a local hospital, however, it is believed that the actor died instantly from the impact of the crash. The actor was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and drugs and alcohol do not appear to have played any part in his death.

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Eddie Murphy died? No! Just another case of your average Twitter celebrity death hoax.

Murphy was targeted for the fifth time in yet another death hoax. This time,MediaFetcher had the "Tower Heist" actor dying in a snowboarding accident in Zermatt, Switzerland, early Thursday morning. The post claimed that Murphy had lost control of his snowboard equipment and struck a tree at high speed, dying instantly on impact.

The phony news began spreading like wildfire on Twitter with people questioning the legitimacy of the report. But E! News later confirmed that Murphy is alive "though probably a little agitated with social media."

The actor has been the target of death hoaxes four previous times, all of which involved snowboarding incidents. The first time the rumor spread was in May 2011, when MediaFetcher said he died in Zermatt in a snowboarding accident almost identical to the one described Thursday.

Murphy is not only alive, but he is well.