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Patricia Arquette and Wayne Knight (right) on the floor of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Knight tweeted Sunday that he's alive after several reports surfaced that he died Saturday night.
Newsflash! Wayne Knight is alive.
"Some of you will be glad to hear this, others strangely disappointed," the actor well-known for his role as Newman on "Seinfeld" tweeted Sunday. "But … I am alive and well!"
Knight is the latest celebrity to fall victim of a death hoax. Several outlets published a story indicating that the actor was killed in a tractor-trailer accident on Saturday night near the Pennsylvania-New York state border.
"Police have identified the deceased as the lovable 'Newman,'" a website appearing to be TMZ reported. "McKean County Coroner Jeff Levin said Knight died of blunt force trauma at the scene."
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Soon after the rumors surfaced the actor himself took to Twitter to dispel the myths.
"Does someone have to DIE to trend? Geez!" he joked. "Thanks for all the love everybody. I didn't know you cared."
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While there's no confirmation as to how the speculations began, reports indicate a faux TMZ site was created, which published the story that tricked several people into believing the 58-year-old actor had met his demise.
"Glad to be breathing!" he tweeted.
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