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Sinbad resurrected after online demise


March 17, 2007 NEW YORK - 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. The hoax entry said the 50-year-old entertainer, who appeared in several television series and starred in films including "Houseguest," and "Jingle All the Way," had died of a heart attack on the morning of March 14. The news was quickly picked up by an Internet user who forwarded the e-mail link and prompted widespread mourning.

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