Dead Men Walking by Hupfen

Alfred Nobel saw his premature obituary which contained this epithet that disturbed him so much that he created the Nobel Peace Prize.

This writer was believed dead in 1916, due to injuries sustained in the Battle of the Somme. He survived to publish an autobiography about WWI, Good-Bye to All That.

Melody Maker published a satirical concert review in the 1970s that led fans of this shock rocker to believe he had died. In response he issued a statement saying "I'm alive, and drunk as usual."

After suffering a stroke, this black nationalist read his own obituary which described him as "broke, alone and unpopular"; he then suffered a second stroke and died for real.

It wasn't a hoax: this showman requested that his obituary be published while he was on his deathbed so he could read it. The New York Evening Sun obliged, with a footnote that he was still alive, on March 21, 1891.

It was a hoax: two radio DJs claimed in 2001 that Britney Spears had died in a car crash along with this other singer, her boyfriend at the time.

James Brady was shot in the head and prematurely declared dead by broadcast TV networks during a failed attempt on this politician's life.

In 1998, Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare mixed up this actor, who had not died, with Martin Luther King's assassin, who had.

Fats Domino was thought to have drowned during this natural event, though he had safely evacuated to Baton Rouge at the time.

This deceased author appears in several episodes of BoJack Horseman, claiming to have faked his 2010 death to avoid further unwanted media attention.

Arthur Livingston sold his South Carolina house in 2009, and in the process was erroneously reported dead by this major bank; in typical big bank fashion, he was still listed as dead as of 2012.

A website dedicated to the mortality status of this actor, the subject of numerous premature obituaries and many long-running jokes on the topic, finally required updating upon his genuine death in 2016.