Veteran actor Dilip Kumar is fine, Amitabh Bachchan rubbishes death rumours

The latest celebrity to fall prey to a death hoax is veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar saab. News of the actor's death spread like wild fire on the social network after someone decided to start the rumours.

While the industry and the Twitter world was left in shock, hearing news of Dilip saab's demise, his wife issued a public statement clarifying that the actor was completely fine and doing well. 

An array of tweets claiming that the actor had passed away at a Mumbai hospital due to prolonged illness left the industry dumbstruck. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan also took to Twitter to dispel such rumours.

T 1685 - Some baseless rumours being spread about Yusuf Saheb - Dilip Kumar, being ill .. Saira ji just informed me he is perfectly fine !

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 24, 2014