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[kpete]

[skooooo]

1. omg i hope this isn't true!

He is / was so young!

[squarepants]

9. hmmmm

I just googled it, and I only found the 1 news thing (same one the original poster put up). I would think if it's true, it'd be all over the place. Guess you never know, though.

[BlueEyedSon]

28. i-newswire has pulled the story

[TomInTib]

2. Oh, man.

[VolcanoJen]

3. Link not working

I'm hoping this is a hoax, a cruel one if it is.

Apparently, i-newswire.com is a website that allows anyone to distribute their own press releases for free. This could easily be a hoax.

[kpete]

7. It is very, very slow

[Richard Steele]

27. Yes, it is a crap-site. No way they would be FIRST with this.

Anything is possible, sure...
but how would this not be all over the REAL
news sources within 10 minutes?

I smell BS.

[helderheid]

4. God I hope this isn't true - off to google

[xultar]

5. NOT TRUE...It can't be.

[Avalux]

6. Link doesn't work - can't find anything to verify thru Google.

So, I'd say it isn't true.

[Fenris]

10. It works, but is extremely slow.

I can find no sources to confirm the story.

[MrMonk]

50. Probably slow because of sudden high traffic.

[Clark2008]

Link worked for me.

Ferrell and his professional guide, Horacio Gomez of Airtek Paragliding Center attempted the jump at around 2 in the afternoon. According to witnesses, the conditions were basically ideal for para-gliding and the weather did'nt pose a problem at all.

The jump started normally as Ferrell and Gomez glided carefully across the vast area and were seemed headed into the righ direction just before what witnesses said a freak wind somehow blew them off course, causing the paragliding professional Gomez to somehow lose control.

As horrified witnesses looked on, the duo headed straight for the dense woods near the jump off point and crashed at an estimated 60 mph hitting the trees as they hurtled to the ground.

Some friends of the actor who witnessed the accident immediately called up 911. The paramedics vainly attempted to revive the two on their way to the nearby UCSD Thornton Hospital in nearby La Jolla.

The duo suffered major injuries to the head and broken bones that caused the death of the two.

From the above link.

[crispini]

30. If that's a cut and paste,

then it's BS. It's got all kinds of errors in it:

"weather did'nt pose"
"were seemed headed"
"into the righ direction"
"just before what witnesses said a freak wind somehow blew them off course"

Gotta be BS. Can't find it now at the original link either.

[Clark2008]

39. It was a cut and paste

But, isn't newswire like a "heads up" site for journalists? What we used to call a "budget" storage place..

Dunno.

[EFerrari]

11. Who would put out a story like this?

:mad:

[Don Claybrook]

13. the link worked for me

I sure hope it isn't true, but after a couple of reloads, the link worked. Not familiar with the site, so I'm trying to look at the rest of its pages for spoofs, etc.

cross your fingers.

[Lerkfish]

8. I can find nothing at all to corroborate this claim

[hang a left]

12. It looks like it is true....I loved that guy

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Only found one entry on Google, and it's the one you have above...

It might be a hoax or it might not. Yahoo had nothing.

[bigtree]

15. 5 hours this story has been up and no one else has touched it yet

[kpete]

20. Even though it is my post

I am hoping and looking for HOAX...

[Richard Steele]

35. AP would have had this up in 5 MINUTES. It's a hoax. nm

[BrklynLiberal]

16. This bio from Wikipedia does not match the info from that article.

Ferrell was born in Irvine, California to Lee Ferrell (a keyboardist for The Righteous Brothers) and Kay Overman. He attended Rancho San Joaquin Middle School and University High School in Irvine and became interested in performing while making his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he studied Sports Broadcasting and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. After graduating in 1989, Ferrell developed his improvisation skills as a member of the comedy group The Groundlings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferrell

[asthmaticeog]

17. No corroboration anywhere else so far.

I hope it's untrue - the injustice of Ferrell dying while Charles Rocket, Colin Quinn and Dana Carvey still roam the Earth is almost Hartman-like in its tragic suckitude.

[Fenris]

23. Amen.

Throw Piscopo in there too.

[asthmaticeog]

31. Throw the Guido down the well.

:hide:

[Fenris]

36. So my people, they can be free!

[ingac70]

45. I thought Rocket offed himself?

[leftchick]

18. I googled and this is the only link!

and it does not make sense if he died yesterday there should be thousands of stories. I hope this is a horrible joke.

http://i-newswire.com/pr58954.html

[ReadTomPaine]

19. There are problems with this article - mispellings, factual errors, etc..

I think this is a fake.

[xultar]

29. Who the fuck are these people. I'm all for bashin some heads @

their office or cave/hole.

[VolcanoJen]

21. i-newswire allows anyone to distribute their own free press releases...

... as far as I can tell, that's what the site is about.

Sounds like a hoax story, and a rather cruel one, really.

[Botany]

22. This is so sad.

What a talent ..... blessings and prayers to both men's families and friends.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. They just removed the story.. Here is what is at that link right now.

Home > Content Unavailable

(I-Newswire) - The content of this press release was removed or moved to another location. Please use our search function to search for the new location or enter a search string to find similar items.

[xultar]

33. Alright I'm about to bust some balls. Iwire should be destroyed.

[BlueEyedSon]

34. FYI, search returns nothing

[adriennui]

25. i think this is BS

i don't see it anywhere else.

[mtnester]

26. The only place I am seeing it so far is on blogs

and it is spreading like wildfire

Say it ain't so...but it will be interesting to see how far and fast this flies if it is a rumor.


On edit - and make for a great skit on SNL this Saturday....I can picture Tina Fey making this announcement and then waiting, then yelling "psych!"

Again, hope it is not true.

[BlueEyedSon]

32. i-newswire has pulled the story

[devilgrrl]

37. Bollocks.

:eyes:

[quiet.american]

38. This site is the "cafepress" of news releases.

Apparently, anyone can post anything.

Some of the other "releases" on their homepage are just as whacked.

On edit: I took the URL off. Why give them the hits.

[maveric]

40. I just checked the SD Union Tribune page and nothing there.

Torrey pines is part of San Diego and a story like that would be on the site.

[no_hypocrisy]

41. Is Paul (still) dead? n/t

[kpete]

42. From Atrios Where I originally Caught the Story

I don't buy the Will Ferrell thing.

Me either. It allegedly happened yesterday, but there's no mention of it at all on Google, CNN, or Yahoo.
Seraphiel

I just spoke to my daughter in SoCal, and she heard nothing on the news either.

http://www.haloscan.com/comments.php?user=atrios&comment=114236400362352928

[Career Prole]

43. And some asshole thought faking that release was funny?

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[_testify_]

44. This is a poorly written article

and I think, also a hoax.

'freak wind gush'
'foilage'
'did'nt'
'righ direction just before what witnesses said a freak wind somehow blew them off course' (that is atrocious!)
'called up 911'
'paramedics vainly attempted'

This is written by someone with no command of the English language. I doubt this is a real press release.

[underpants]

48. It is written like it is setting up a punch line

IMHO

[_testify_]

49. agreed.

I sort of expected a punchline as well when reading it again...

[CPschem]

46. obvious hoax - please delete!

[BlueEyedSon]

47. Stay at Home Mom Earns $ 128,500 Working at Home from Computer and

Pays Off All Debt (top story at i-newswire)

Yeah thats waht I call hard news

[Midlodemocrat]

51. Locking.

This story is hopefully not true, but as of now unsubstantiated.

Thank you.