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If Mr Bean has converted, so what? If he hasn’t, again so what?
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18 July 2016
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May you rest in peace, Rowan Atkinson a.k.a. Mr. Bean 
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No, Mr Bean is not dead. Rowan Atkinson was the victim of a Facebook death hoax http://trib.al/atK4Eyg
A viral post claimed that the star of Mr Bean and Blackadder had committed suicide after “battling severe depression” and following a “struggle with alcohol and drugs”. However, this has been confirmed to be a hoax.
The Sun reports that Atkinson is “alive and well”.
The actor has not yet addressed the hoax publicly.
The hoax dates back to 2013, thus citing Atkinson’s age as 58 rather than his actual age of 61. A photo circulating Facebook also cited the actor’s birth year as 1995, which would have made him 21.
Atkinson was the subject of a previous death hoax in 2012 too, with a Twitter rumour claiming that he had died in a car accident.
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‘Mr Bean’ star Rowan Atkinson victim of death hoax
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LONDON, July 18 — Actor Rowan Atkinson was the victim of an online hoax over the weekend.
A viral Facebook post claimed that the comedian had committed suicide after “battling severe depression” following a “struggle with alcohol and drugs”.
Although the actor has yet to address the hoax publicly, UK’s The Sun newspaper has been confirmed that Atkinson is “alive and well”.
The Blackadder and Mr Bean star has been the subject of previous death hoaxes, most notably in 2012, when a Twitter rumour claimed that he had died in a car accident.
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