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Wikipedia Hoax: Comedian Sinbad Is Dead
About - News & Issues, NY - 12 minutes ago
The emails started coming in early this morning, headers blaring "Sinbad, the comedian, died today, heart attack." Attached was an excerpt from the ...
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Condolences flowed for U.S. comedian Sinbad after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia announced his death on Thursday, but it turned out the grieving was premature and the comic was alive and well.

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Condolences flowed for U.S. comedian Sinbad after the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia announced his death on Thursday, but it turned out the grieving was premature and the comic was alive and well.

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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after the Internet reference site Wikipedia announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter.

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Wikipedia Kills Sinbad
CBS 4, FL - 13 minutes ago
(AP) Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after a Florida-based Internet reference site announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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MIAMI Comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after the Internet reference site Wikipedia announced he was dead. Rumors began circulating Saturday after Sinbad got a...

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Wikipedia Kills Sinbad
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(AP) Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after a Florida-based Internet reference site announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after the Internet reference site Wikipedia announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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"Saturday I rose from the dead and then died again," says actor-comedian Sinbad, who had the disconcerting experience of having an erroneous note posted on Wikipedia announcing his death. He's fine; faces are red at Wikipedia.

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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter. 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.

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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
AND, South Africa - 15 minutes ago
By (AND) - www.andnetwork.com. MIAMI (AP) -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
Ocala.com, FL - 22 minutes ago
BY KELLI KENNEDY. AP Writer. Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter. 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.

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By KELLI KENNEDY MIAMI - Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
The Columbian, WA - 18 minutes ago
By KELLI KENNEDY. AP Writer. MIAMI (AP) -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said ...
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Comedian Sinbad Gets Hundreds of Calls, E-Mails After Wikipedia Falsely Reports His Death

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<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Q6oXLr1I78gJ&imgurl=images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20070316/160_ap_sinbad_070316.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1>Wikipedia falsely reports Sinbad's death
CTV.ca, Canada - 15 minutes ago
AP. MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after a Florida-based Internet reference site announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
KFMB, CA - 15 minutes ago
MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad. Apparently, someone edited his entry to say he had died of a heart attack.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
SouthFlorida.com, FL - 20 minutes ago
By KELLI KENNEDY. AP Writer. MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor-comedian alive and well despite rumors resulting from Web posting Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter. The gossip quieted, but a few days later the 50-year-old entertainer said the phone ...

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Wikipedia Reports Sinbad’s Death
Hard OCP, TX - 56 minutes ago
The online encyclopedia announced the actor Sinbad’s death on his Wikipedia entry, unfortunately for Wikipedia, he’s not dead. Oops. ...
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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death
Newsday, NY - 14 minutes ago
By KELLI KENNEDY. AP Writer. MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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Actor and comedian David Adkins, aka Sinbad, is alive and well despite claims to the contrary which appeared, disappeared and then reappeared on Wikipedia last week

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Wikipedia Falsely Reports Actor's Death
Editor & Publisher - 12 minutes ago
MIAMI Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. ...
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MIAMI (AP) -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter.

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Wikipedia falsely reports Sinbad's death
El Paso Times, TX - 12 minutes ago
AP. Sinbad is seen in this Monday Oct. 16, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after a Florida-based Internet ...
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Wikipedia's validity is again called into question, as vandals falsely edit the online encyclopedia to report U.S. comedian Sinbad had died of a heart attack.

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Sinbad Alive And Well Just To Spite Wikipedia
TV with MeeVee, CA - 15 minutes ago
50-year-old comedian Sinbad has risen from the dead. News of his “death” spread like wildfire when the user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia reported ...
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MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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Hee, hee! biggrin.gif Sinbad has to be loving this. Just more material for his act.
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If you're looking for Sinbad on Wikipedia, try looking in categories like "American comedians," "American film actors," and "People from Benton Harbor, Michigan." Oh, and one more: "Living people." Sinbad was said to be among the upright after his page on the ever-evolving online encyclopedia briefly declared the performer dead of a heart attack. "Somebody vandalized the page," Wikipedia ...

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The actor-comedian is not dead, even though a Wikipedia entry says that he is. By the Associated Press.

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If you're looking for Sinbad on Wikipedia, try looking in categories like "American comedians," "American film actors," and "People from Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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Wikipedia Revives Sinbad
AND, South Africa - 16 minutes ago
By (AND) - www.andnetwork.com. If you're looking for Sinbad on Wikipedia, try looking in categories like "American comedians," "American film actors," and ...
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MIAMI - Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday. Rumors began circulating Saturday regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter.

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Wikipedia called actor-comedian Sinbad on Friday to apologize after a prankster declared the performer dead in the communally crafted online encyclopedia.

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Wikipedia called actor-comedian Sinbad on Friday to apologize after a prankster declared the performer dead in the communally crafted online encyclopedia.

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Prankster declares live comedian dead on Wikipedia
The West Australian, Australia - 14 minutes ago
Wikipedia has called actor-comedian Sinbad to apologise after a prankster declared the performer dead in the communally crafted online encyclopaedia. ...
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MIAMI -- Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead, the performer said Thursday.

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Sinbad Is Not Dead And Wikipedia Post Was Just A Hoax
Playfuls.com, Romania - 17 minutes ago
by Editorial Staff. Wikipedia was again the victim of a prankster, who this time vandalized the profile of US entertainer Sinbad. ...
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Sinbad: Wikipedia’s worst bad yet
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 26 minutes ago
By Paul McNamara on Sat, 03/17/2007 - 7:59am. This time Wikipedia has gone too far. As you’ve no doubt read by now, the encyclopedia that any moron can edit ...
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Sinbad Rises From Wikipedia Grave
Slashdot - 38 minutes ago
A Chicago Sun-Times article passed to us by an anonymous reader pointed out the fact that the comedian Sinbad is still alive. This is notable, only insofar ...
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A Chicago Sun-Times article passed to us by an anonymous reader pointed out the fact that the comedian Sinbad is still alive. This is notable, only insofar as Wikipedia thought otherwise. "Rumors began circulating last weekend regarding the posting, said Sinbad, who first got a telephone call from his daughter. The gossip quieted, but a few days later the 50-year-old entertainer said phone calls, ...

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Actor-comedian Sinbad had the last laugh after his Wikipedia entry announced he was dead. The entertainer said phone calls, text messages and e-mails started pouring in by the hundreds.

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<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CUKkSHR3MCwJ&imgurl=www.thespoof.com/sitepics/pdi/13207-2954Skeleton.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1>"Sinbad Dead" Errs Wikipedia
The Spoof (satire), UK - 17 minutes ago
CYBERSPASE -- Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, recently reported, prematurely as it turns out, the death of comedic actor Sinbad. ...
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