According to reports from a New Zealand newspaper – and lots of action on Twitter – actor Jeff Goldblum died early this morning after a fatal fall. The alleged death occurred while on set in New Zealand when Goldblum fell over sixty feet off a nearby cliff. As of yet no other news source has picked up the story, so it’s probably false. That said, he is currently filming a movie titled, “Morning Glory“, but no word on where it’s filming.
If true, it would mark the third major death of the day. With Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett being the other two. Let’s hope it’s a fake. Not sure I can take another death.
Jeff Goldblum was best known for his role on Jurassic Park as the mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm, but was also featured in films such as Igby Goes Down, Independence Day and Annie Hall.
Update: This report has turned out to be false, an old Internet hoax that resurfaced among the Michael Jackson frenzy. More on the official NZ Police website.
Comments
nakai
June 25th, 2009 - 4:45:40 PM
It's true...RIP Jeff Goldblum
jeff
June 25th, 2009 - 4:58:16 PM
The JJ Abrams - produced comedy Morning Glory, which Goldblum is starring in along w/ Harrison Ford & Rachal McAdams is being shot in New YORK. So, I call bullshit on the death rumors.
errrsherr
June 25th, 2009 - 4:58:23 PM
shut up nakai!!!! you don't know shit.....yet.
krrrike
June 25th, 2009 - 4:59:53 PM
Its NOT true! Otherwise all other news sources would be all over it!
val
June 25th, 2009 - 5:00:02 PM
Which NZ newspaper? I live in NZ and haven't heard anything so far except messageboard running hot guessing it's a hoax
eman
June 25th, 2009 - 5:00:39 PM
nakai - what's your source?
Bex
June 25th, 2009 - 5:00:54 PM
What NZ newspaper has said this? I live here and haven't heard a peep.
K
June 25th, 2009 - 5:02:04 PM
I am in New Zealand. There is no news of this here. But I have heard of this hoax before with a different actor named. HOAX.
Jack Michaels
June 25th, 2009 - 5:04:32 PM
RIP Jeff, I enjoyed your work especially the Fly.
Justin
June 25th, 2009 - 5:04:53 PM
we don't know anything about it. what's the word?
Dawn
June 25th, 2009 - 5:08:52 PM
Wasn't he just on the Colbert Report?
BCS
June 25th, 2009 - 5:10:49 PM
Yeah, I'm callin' shinanigans on this one.
Phil
June 25th, 2009 - 5:11:13 PM
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp
bafroom
June 25th, 2009 - 5:11:38 PM
man, i loved him in run, ronnie, run. he will be missed...RIP
Joe
June 25th, 2009 - 5:13:34 PM
Its a hoax, more or less same story about Tom Hanks, link here: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp
HOAX
June 25th, 2009 - 5:18:19 PM
Jeff Goldblum is not dead, but they just said something on CNN a bout the President of the United States being rushed to the Hospital
Snope
June 25th, 2009 - 5:18:46 PM
HOAX http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp
Hoax
June 25th, 2009 - 5:21:09 PM
The thing is a hoax, read the website it was on. IT SAYS ITS FAKE AT THE BOTTOM! Stop being gullible, check your sources, this is why no reputable news station is reporting this...
Dreamer
June 25th, 2009 - 5:21:58 PM
kevin Spacey has denied this is true. He Tweeted that he's spoken to Jeff's manager and jeff is NOT dead.
Brooke
June 25th, 2009 - 5:23:51 PM
YOU can't take another death???? Talk about co-opting others' grief....
MR
June 25th, 2009 - 5:24:25 PM
Gee, you folks are gullible. Goldblum is alive and well (and in the US).
BigcityDawg
June 25th, 2009 - 5:25:34 PM
I just read it on the ny times website it is true.
Jamie
June 25th, 2009 - 5:27:35 PM
lol this story first came out in 1999 - now its back because of the other 2 deaths today. Death number 4? Pick a name....any name.....
..
June 25th, 2009 - 5:28:57 PM
RIP I liked him in Independence Day
MR
June 25th, 2009 - 5:29:04 PM
@BigcityDawg No, you did not read it at the Times' website. And before anyone else "RIP"s Goldblum based on what this Dawg says, please go check nytimes.com yourself. It ain't there. If it is, Dawg, provide a link. Ya can't, can ya?
Bex
June 25th, 2009 - 5:29:52 PM
An online hoax from 1999, which claims actor Jeff Goldblum has died in New Zealand, has returned. New Zealand police have been taking calls, as have local media outlets, after the online hoax went viral again today. The hoax - which first appeared in 1999 - involves international reports saying the actor has died, usually in a fall, while filming in New Zealand. The reports normally claim to have New Zealand Police confirmation. Police said about midday today that they had no reports of the actor dying in New Zealand, and had not released any statements of that nature. They confirmed the hoax re-appeared every so often and that they had been taking inquiries from media this morning. Goldblum roles include Jurassic Park and the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
jimbo
June 25th, 2009 - 5:31:00 PM
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/update.html?id=8608 It isn't true.
Jimbo
June 25th, 2009 - 5:41:57 PM
Hoax alert..... did you guys even bother to read the disclaimer at the bottom of the website where it claimed Jeff Goldblum had fallen off a cliff in New Zealand?? Jeff Goldblum is currently in New York filming a comedy. Apparently Harrison Ford has been lost at sea.. another hoax.
ianam
June 25th, 2009 - 5:53:12 PM
"Not sure I can take another death. " Thousands of people die every day, but none of those count because they aren't celebrities? WTF is wrong with you? Obvious answer: you're incredibly shallow.
Yikes-A-Hooty
June 25th, 2009 - 6:07:37 PM
If you go to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp you will see that this same rumor circulated about Tom Thumb and Tom Hanks. Same location, same manner of death. These so-called news sources need to do their homework instead of putting themselves out there to sell a story. Morons.
Yikes-A-Hooty
June 25th, 2009 - 6:08:58 PM
As for the death of Michael Jackson - the only good child molester is a dead child molester.
Kiera
June 25th, 2009 - 7:06:07 PM
Ed McMahon is the third major death recently. Pay attention, people!
Beavis N. Butthead
June 28th, 2009 - 11:39:40 AM
Who's MICHAEL JACKSON? Is he famous? Is he some famous Child Molester?
shalaly
June 28th, 2009 - 11:59:47 AM
Michael Jackson was never a child molester, it was all about money, he was just an idio,t child like, naive and super talented guy and he was the first noncaucasian guy to get to where he was, you what that to some whites
shallow insensitive bastard
June 30th, 2009 - 6:53:20 AM
goldbloom is dead, he was on the colbert report talking about his own death he confirmed it D: