Dead wrong hoaxes

Earlier this year it was Tom Cruise, then Miley Cyrus. And now this week, it's Larry Gelbart, two-time Oscar nominee and co-creator of the Emmy-winning TV series "M*A*S*H" and sitcom vet Paul Reiser. Not Reiser! Nooooooooo!

Who are these morbid Internet vandals with nothing better to do than hack into Wikipedia and kill off our Hollywood celebs? One such death wisher wrote the following:

"On December 27th, 2008, Reiser was discovered dead in the Squallahassee River where he reportedly enjoyed fly fishing. No foul play was suspected."

Former Emmy-nominated "Mad About You" star Reiser is not, in fact, dead (we don't know if he's a fly fisher).

And a couple days ago, a blog called alt.obituaries said Gelbart was "gravely ill" and had suffered "a massive stroke," freaking out his old friends Woody Allen and Alan Alda when they heard the "news."

It's not the first time two-time Tony-winner Gelbart has been prematurely bumped off, he told the L.A. Times, citing a radio report from a few years back. Turns out, Gelbart is very much alive and nearing his 81st birthday. And he had the best line of the day in response to his demise:

"Does that mean I can stop exercising?"