Tony Hawk Is Not Dead, Responds to Rumors on Social Media

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Tony Hawk is very much alive, despite what you might have seen on Twitter this past Thursday morning. If you’re unaware, the social media platform may have tried to kill off the Birdman with media outlets such as TMZ and Fox News also joining in on the grief, and for a few hours, the fabricated news was the No. 1 trending topic. Unfortunately, given the recent deaths of several high-profile celebrities, many people were left wondering if the news was true or not. Well good news is, the iconic skateboarder is alive and well, as Hawk himself took to Twitter to confirm. Check out the tweets below:

I’m still alive, just older (& wiser…?). But still breathing, riding my skateboard & raising kids.
F off 2016; you won’t be taking me too.

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) December 29, 2016

Here’s what I was doing at the exact time of my supposed demise. Don’t believe everything you read… we can do better as a society. pic.twitter.com/Xhdz7ru6Pv — Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) December 29, 2016

BREAKING : Famous Skateboarder Tony Hawk has been found dead in his house due to an opiate overdose
https://t.co/xnO5amJRni
— Fox News (@FOX5LlVE) December 29, 2016

bro deadass I was about to cry when I saw Tony Hawk trending thank god that mf alive and well — andrew???? (@ndrurvs) December 29, 2016

Tony Hawk is alive, well, and still doing 900s. pic.twitter.com/tx9dhm82ge
— Craig R. Brittain (@CraigRBrittain) December 29, 2016

If anything happened to Tony Hawk I would have to dust off the old PS2 and bang out Tony Hawk: Underground. For the culture — Tonte (@TalkWithTonte) December 29, 2016

Saw ‘Tony Hawk’ trending and I thought he was dead. That’s how 2016 has been treating us and I’m traumatised. Thankfully it’s just a hoax
— a hug in a mug (@cuddlytea) December 29, 2016