Is Clint Eastwood still alive? The actor’s death rumors, explained
You should consider yourself lucky if you are one Clint Eastwood Fan, because the rumors that the beloved actor had died turned out to be false. But how did this rumor come about? And what is the evidence that he is still alive?
The legendary 93-year-old has won several film Oscars over the years, including two Best Picture awards and two Best Director awards for 1993 unforgiven and 2005 Million dollar baby. Since his breakthrough as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western series, the dollar Trilogy that culminated in the 1966 classic The good, the bad and the uglyEastwood went from being a TV star to being a TV star Rawhide to a well-known name.
Even at his advanced age, Eastwood has acted in and directed a number of fairly well-received films on a fairly regular basis, such as: Gran Turino, The muleand most recently 2021 Scream macho. Although he remains fairly active, rumors of his death continue to surface over the years. Still, Eastwood is reportedly looking toward retirement, with an upcoming graduation film planned for Warner Bros.
Clint Eastwood’s death hoax, explained
The latest false claim about Eastwood’s death, according to Snopes, comes from a video uploaded to YouTube channel Military News titled “5 minutes ago / Clint Eastwood died on the way to the hospital / Goodbye Clint Eastwood” (via Yahoo! Entertainment). The article rated the claim about Eastwood’s death as “false.” The Military News has a reputation for publishing more videos with death rumors in the past week alone, such as those about actor Denzel Washington and singer Randy Travis.
However, other than that, no other reputable news outlet has independently confirmed Eastwood’s alleged death, and The Associated Press has not published an obituary at all on its website, which would be expected if this information were true. Since there is no other corroborating article from a source known to be reliable, we can safely assume that this information is not true.
Another website, MediaMass, also published an article claiming that Eastwood had died. However, the website describes itself as satire and is therefore clearly not to be understood as a factual source.
As for what’s next for Eastwood, the rumored title is his upcoming final film and 40th directorial effort Juror #2. However, no release date or time frame has been announced for the film.
