Goldblum 'touched' by death reports
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Jeff Goldblum says he was "touched" by false reports that he had died during a trip to New Zealand last month.
The rumours, which began spreading on June 26, suggested Goldblum had fallen to his death while filming in New Zealand.
"Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles," Goldblum's publicist Evelyn Karamanos told Stuff.co.nz on the day the rumours started spreading.
The viral spread of the Goldblum story triggered a flood of calls to New Zealand police, and Inspector Kerry Watson issued a statement: "Police at Kerikeri are receiving phone calls regarding a person falling from a cliff at Kauri Cliff. There is no such incident and police have no information to provide''.
Goldblum said he wasn't angry about the rumours and he thought they were "touching".
"This was a rare opportunity to experience your own death," Contactmusic.com reported the Jurassic Park star as saying.
"(Fans) still run into me on the street (and say), 'Glad to see you're alive!' I reconnected with people I hadn't seen in a long time.
"I wasn't angry, I was touched."
It was not the first time rumours of a star's death had spread.
In November 2006, the unlucky actor was Tom Hanks, and in 2008 it was Tom Cruise. Both were falsely said to have fallen to their deaths on set.
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