Dwayne Johnson has become the victim of another sick death hoax after a fake news story suggesting he'd died in a stunt accident went viral.
The post purported to be from BBC News and featured the headline "Dwayne The Rock Johnson Dies at 47 after a terrible stunt attempted failed".
The link took social media users to a fake website rather than the legitimate BBC site and it horrified fans as it circulated online.
The 47-year-old actor and wrestler has yet to comment on the hoax, but he has been active on social media.
Johnson has even been posting videos of himself on Instagram , with one showing him thanking a fan for gifting him a beaded version of one of his movie posters.
This isn't the first time The Rock has been a target for a death hoax.
In 2011 and 2014, the Fast and Furious star was declared dead by online trolls.
He responded to the 2011 rumours on his Facebook page, telling fans: "Rumours of my death are false.
"I'm still 'Bringin' It' 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year - including leap year!"
In 2014, trolls circulated a fake story suggested Johnson had been killed in an accident on a movie set in New Zealand.
The fake report declared: "Actor Dwayne Johnson died while filming a movie in New Zealand early this morning - June 10, 2014.
"Preliminary reports from New Zealand Police officials indicate that the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set."
However, the movie star was very much alive and well at the time.
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