2010-02-08 09:20:22 -

BILL COSBY is laughing off reports of his death, after becoming the lates= t in a handful of celebrities 'killed off' by internet hoaxers.
Reports surfaced online earlier this month (Feb10) alleging the Cosby S= how star had passed away -

but the funnyman has been quick to assure fans= he's alive and well.
In a post on his website, Cosby writes, "About 10 hours ago, an interne= t hoax started that said Bill Cosby is dead. The announcement of me being= dead may be a VIRUS. And now ladies and gentlemen for my rebuttal.
"As you well know, a dead person cannot rebuttal. Therefore, I am rebut= taling to tell you that when I heard the news I immediately began rebutta= ling and went into denial. My wife has just informed me that there is no = such word as rebuttaling, she says the word is rebutting. But I don't car= e, because I'm alive! "Thank you. PS. That's another thing dead people don't say." Zach Braff, Johnny Depp and Kanye West have all been recently targeted = in similar death claims by online pranksters.