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Is Tom Kenny, Voice Of SpongeBob SquarePants, Dead? No. The Voice Actor Is The Latest Victim Of A Death Hoax

By Eric Brown | September 09 2012 7:25 PM

Relax, your childhood memories are safe: Tom Kenny, the actor who voices SpongeBob Squarepants in the eponymous television series, is not dead after all. He's simply the latest celebrity to fall victim to the ridiculous Twitter death-hoax machine.

Twitter lit up with rumors about Kenny's death Sunday when a picture supposedly paying tribute to the voice actor popped up on the social network.

The much-shared photo showed Kenny standing next to a statue of SpongeBob SquarePants with the caption: "RIP Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob. Retweet to say thanks for making your childhood happier."