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    How did the rumors about Abe Vigoda's death get started?

    Question #128503. Asked by gracious1. (Dec 20 12 12:12 AM)


    reedy

    		First mistakenly reported by "People" magazine in 1982, then again in 1987 by a TV newscaster in New Jersey. Since then, it has become a running gag.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Vigoda#Mistaken_reports_of_his_death

    Dec 20 12, 1:15 AM

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