The Sun originally reported that Ian MacKaye, frontman for punk acts Minor Threat and Fugazi, was dead. He reportedly died Monday night at Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital. A call to the hospital found no evidence of this. Calls to his record company (Dischord records) and to his house turned up the answer. MacKayne is still alive.

 

"I am happy to report that I am not dead." Ian MacKaye finally said.

Reports of his death were reported on such newsworthy sites as MySpace.com and Wikipedia.org. The Wikipedia.org entry has been removed. The MySpace entry was probably a pedophile trying to score some action through sympathy Heartbroken teenagers are more gullible over the loss of their punk icons.

Middle aged man: "Aww, u ddnt here? Ian MacKaye is dead."
Unidentified underage teen: "wut!? no!"
Middle aged man: "Can I suk ur pee-pee now...u no jus 2 cumfort u?"