Rumor

[ErinC]

OK,
how many people heard the Rumor that Teddy Bruschi Died?
and why in GODS name would someone start a rumor like that?


Teddi Bruschi is in hospital......could be another stroke by: bigtop09, Jul 23 8:56pm. Hope he is ok. Message: 473306 of 473340. Messages, Post ...

[JennLM]

I saw this Boston news link:

Rumors Of Patriots Player Bruschi's Death Untrue
Anonymous E-Mail Generated Questions

POSTED: 9:21 am EDT July 25, 2007
UPDATED: 10:29 am EDT July 25, 2007


BOSTON -- A two-day rumor sweeping the Internet led many New Englanders to believe that Patriots' linebacker Tedy Bruschi is dead.

He is not. Bruschi is alive.

The bizarre rumor seemed to have its origin with an anonymous e-mail to a Boston television station Monday. As the television station attempted to check the story, it turned into the Internet version of "telephone," where the story got twisted in every re-telling.

According to several e-mails received by TheBostonChannel.com, nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital, where Bruschi was treated after a stroke in 2005, heard the story and relayed it to friends. Others heard that he had been treated at a different hospital closer to his home.

The rumor may had more credence because of Bruschi's prior health problems and his dramatic return to the playing field after his stroke, but Bruschi is alive and well.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/13751337/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=news