A press release sent out today is claiming that Will Ferrell died in a para-gliding accident yesterday in Torey Pines, California.
Ferrell and his professional guide, Horacio Gomez of Airtek Paragliding Center attempted the jump at around 2 in the afternoon. According to witnesses, the conditions were basically ideal for para-gliding and the weather did’nt pose a problem at all.
The jump started normally as Ferrell and Gomez glided carefully across the vast area and were seemed headed into the righ direction just before what witnesses said a freak wind somehow blew them off course, causing the paragliding professional Gomez to somehow lose control.
As horrified witnesses looked on, the duo headed straight for the dense woods near the jump off point and crashed at an estimated 60 mph hitting the trees as they hurtled to the ground.
Some friends of the actor who witnessed the accident immediately called up 911. The paramedics vainly attempted to revive the two on their way to the nearby UCSD Thornton Hospital in nearby La Jolla.
The duo suffered major injuries to the head and broken bones that caused the death of the two.
In an interview with Will’s parents who was John W. Ferrell in real life, Mary and Hubert Ferrell said their sonn died while doing one of the things he loved the most.
Will was a graduate of the University of California where he finished his Sports Information Degree. Will was born on July 16, 1968. He was 36.
It’s probably a prank, but until I get confirmation either way I’ll just pretend it doesn’t even exist.
UPDATE: Considering the press release has been removed, it’s probably safe to assume Will Ferrell is perfectly okay, sitting at his computer weeping at the news of his own death, only to realize it was just a terrible hoax and he’s actually alive.
*UPDATE: Will Ferrell is officially not dead.
Warrior | March 14, 2006 at 4:12 pm
This has to be a prank. I refuse to believe it.
Doc | March 14, 2006 at 4:14 pm
he actually graduated from USC, so that may or may not discredit this story… hope its not true since im eagerly anticipating that Anchorman sequel…
Sister Morphine | March 14, 2006 at 4:15 pm
I hope this is not true. If it’s not, whoever wrote that needs to get a life.
christenwentboom | March 14, 2006 at 4:15 pm
those arent even his parents’ names.
nico | March 14, 2006 at 4:16 pm
There is no way this is true. There are so many grammer and misspellings that the crediblilty of this “press release” is conciderably shaken. Also the wrong school was stated.
ESQ | March 14, 2006 at 4:19 pm
SAY IT ISN’T TRUE! Otherwise what sick Internet troll thinks this shit up?
tits_on_snack | March 14, 2006 at 4:23 pm
So obviously fake from the get-go. People send these kind of bogus fake death reports out all the time.
Hollywoodchick | March 14, 2006 at 4:25 pm
He graduated from USC with a degree in Journalism (i believe he wanted to be a sporscaster), not from “University of California where he finished his Sports Information Degree” – there is significant misinformation in this press release. I’m hoping this is wrong which leads me to wonder what kind of asshole would put out this kind of information. it is just awful!
Grphdesi23 | March 14, 2006 at 4:27 pm
His father, Lee (not hubert!), was a longtime keyboardist and saxophonist for the Righteous Brothers……jesus
I call bullshit!
Briela | March 14, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Yea, probably a hoax. He was born July 16, 1967. Some people are sick. Not quite sure why they would make up a story of someone dying. Damn them and their lying ways!!
Lance Steel | March 14, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Too bad if its fake. He’s the most one-dimensional, overrated, unfunny actor in showbiz today (and that’s including Ben Stiller.)
gogoboots | March 14, 2006 at 4:29 pm
I bet he got a laugh out of it either way. Maybe a movie will come out of it. Who knows?
hafaball | March 14, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Well that’d definetly suck balls if it was true…Will Ferrell is so fucking popular he’s gotten Paul McCartney status now! O.o
yesdnil311 | March 14, 2006 at 4:35 pm
I’m going to go ahead and say it’s a prank due to the outrageous amount of typos and bad writing.
melanie | March 14, 2006 at 4:36 pm
This was in Wedding Crashers… the cameo with will ferrel when he was crashing funerals and one of the guys died in a hang gliding accident. So obviously the press release is BS
HugsNotDrugs | March 14, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Also, if you do the math, according to that press release, he would have been 37 not 36. Geez.
Roxie | March 14, 2006 at 4:43 pm
That’s funny, I heard Will was dead too. But I heard he was eating Pop Rocks and drinking Coke when his stomach exploded.
:-)
rachel | March 14, 2006 at 4:49 pm
It’s obviously not true. Celebrities only die at, or on their way to, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. No celeb would be caught dead going to UCSD Thornton Hospital.
lm | March 14, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Odd how he could be reported dead the exact same day that we saw him walking the streets of Montreal, QC. Canada. He is here for two weeks shooting a movie entitled ‘Blades of Glory’. Although, there are people who have the ability to move across planes and be in two places at the same time. Perhaps this is one of those cases, and only one of his many selves bit it.
cibby | March 14, 2006 at 4:51 pm
When comedians die young, they leave an eternal legacy of their sense of humour.
Unlike Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, who’ve sold out for the gold coin.
‘I invented the piano-key necktie!’
‘
Buffy Holt | March 14, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Will Ferrell ROCKS.
booface | March 14, 2006 at 5:08 pm
I thought Will Ferrell was cool before I heard this. Now I think he’s the coolest motherscratcher alive. I want a “Will Ferrell 1967-2006″ t-shirt.
Jayne | March 14, 2006 at 5:10 pm
I wish Ben Stiller was really dead.
… that’s all I wanted to contribute.
wildchildintn | March 14, 2006 at 5:24 pm
I can’t cry damn it…I tried…
Binky | March 14, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Relax people -it’s just a PR release for his new flic “Hang-glider Crashers”
whackjob | March 14, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Roxie (see post 17) is Will Ferrell, and he is a funny mofo, laughing so hard snot flys out his nose onto the keyboard….
Evangelia | March 14, 2006 at 6:56 pm
are there still pop rocks around? haven’t seen ‘em in awhile.
Heather | March 14, 2006 at 7:11 pm
By the way, it’s “Torrey Pines” with two Rs. I graduated from Torrey Pines High School and I frequented Torrey Pines Reserve more than any other beach in San Diego.
And the report says he graduated from University of California–which University of California? There are various UC schools all over the state.
Ribby | March 14, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Thank god this is fake!
http://www.regrettheerror.com/2006/03/will_ferrell_is.html
krisdylee | March 14, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Most folks that leave SNL never do really well, yet the scene in Old School of him running down the road streaking still makes me pee my pants. I love Will Ferrell and am really glad this report isn’t true. Yikes, a positive post on the superficial? What is the world coming to…..
Foxbase Alpha | March 14, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Isn’t Torrey Pines Reserve a nude beach. That pervert deserved to die!
Heather | March 14, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Foxbase:
No, it’s not a nude beach. Blacks Beach is the only nude beach in San Diego that I know of, and I’ve lived in San Diego my whole life (except for the past year, I moved up to Berkeley for college). I’ve been to Blacks a few times, and the times I’ve gone there, I haven’t seen a single nude person. It’s a big surfing spot for the most part, and I’ve heard that the only people who actually go nude there are old gay men.
Foxbase Alpha | March 14, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Well, maybe he was doing a sequel in San Diego called “Old Gay Man: The Legend of Ron Lavender”.
“You stay assy, San Diego!”
Ace | March 14, 2006 at 8:29 pm
He must have somehow survived the initial fall, and somehow called out for help with his last breath, somehow.
I bet his parents must have somehow grieved for their dead sonn, you know, the one who somehow died in a freak para-gliding accident.
:P Yeah, totally real.
Bride-to-be | March 14, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Will Ferrell is definitely NOT DEAD. We saw him the day before yesterday at a local restaurant in Montreal, Canada. He was very much alive enjoying dinner with some of the other actors in the movie he’s making here.
Bride-to-be | March 14, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Will Ferrell is definitely NOT DEAD. We saw him the day before yesterday at a local restaurant in Montreal, Canada. He was very much alive enjoying dinner with some of the other actors in the movie he’s making here.
EHsed | March 14, 2006 at 10:21 pm
“what kind of asshole would put out this kind of information. it is just awful!”
It’s awesome is what it is. It’s funny when you fake your own death but even funnier when you fake some famous person’s and get a bunch of jackasses commenting all over the internet about it. Great job to the freak who put this one out. Now if he could only snuff out lysitrata11 for real – before she lures any more uglified, gullible chicks on this message board into her lair of lesbian horror…
shifty | March 15, 2006 at 1:42 am
I think I would be totally ok with the death of Will Ferrell.
I might even have a big party.
Sheilanagig | March 15, 2006 at 8:31 am
If only it were true, and he’d taken Owen Wilson with him in the tragic accident.
Alikat | March 15, 2006 at 10:44 am
whoever thinks will ferrel is not funny has no sense of humor.
manunited | March 15, 2006 at 11:03 am
Wow! #39 you’re an asshole and deserve the same type of story written about you – except in your case it would not be tragic but more along the lines of when Sir Robin’s minstrel’s were eaten in the Holy Grail… “And there was great rejoicing, Yay!”
manunited | March 15, 2006 at 11:05 am
Can I also finally take the opportunity to be one of those really uber-cool, Mac G5-using hipster dufus’ who always think that photos are doctored?
I happen to believe wholeheartedly that this story was photoshopped!
Spindoc | March 15, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Crap, that means he’s still around to make a sequel to Bewitched. I wonder how much we’d have to pay him to just PRETEND he’s dead, you know like Toby MacGuire does between Spiderman movies?
grumbles | March 15, 2006 at 1:27 pm
“In an interview with Will’s parents who was John W. Ferrell in real life…”
lol and all those typos…
lysistrata11 | March 15, 2006 at 2:35 pm
#37-Nice spelling, dipshit. You never did give that proof, did you?
EHsed | March 15, 2006 at 6:26 pm
#45 – Nice spelling, dipshit.
Why? Because I missed one letter in your lame-ass screen name?
#45 – You never did give that proof, did you?
I’m normally not into “outing” people, but you really deserve it. The proof’s really all over the internet, jackass, so anyone wanting to find it could.
lysistrata11 | March 15, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Yes, and why is it that I deserve that? Because you have something stuck up your ass? You just said something stupid and don’t have anything to back it up with. That’s why you’re all pissy. Go take some midol, bitch. And if you’re a guy being all catty, then there are bigger problems than you being misinformed about my age, sexual orientation, etc.
Dee | March 15, 2006 at 8:26 pm
not cool…can he sue whatever idiots put this story out?
Aradia | March 15, 2006 at 8:49 pm
I just saw him today, we were on the set of his next movie curently filming in Montreal. This is a joke.
landroverdisco | March 15, 2006 at 10:53 pm
“Posted by nico on March 14, 2006 04:16 PM
There is no way this is true. There are so many grammer and misspellings that the crediblilty of this “press release” is conciderably shaken. Also the wrong school was stated.”
A PEDANT YOU ARE NOT!
grammer- G-R-A-M-M-A-R
crediblilty- C-R-E-D-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y
conciderably- C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-B-L-Y
Will Farrell is the man! Glad this was just a ruse!