Jimmy Fallon begs Elon Musk to stop Twitter users joking about his death

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Jimmy Fallon has begged Elon Musk to stop Twitter users joking about his death - hours after the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon inexplicably started trending.Tesla mogul Musk, 51,  who completed his highly-controversial  $44billion takeover of the microblogging site last month, was personally reached out to by the TV host , 48, on Tuesday after erroneous tweets about his death surfaced.Fallon tweeted: 'Elon, can you fix this? #RIPJimmyFallon' with Musk sending the nonchalant response: 'Fix what?' the following day.Fans have continued to jokingly use the #RIPJimmyFallon hashtag with  pictures of other celebrities including James Corden, David Hasselhoff and Matt Damon - causing mass confusion for people who are not aware it is a hoax.

Wow: Jimmy Fallon  (left) has begged Elon Musk (right) to stop Twitter users joking about his death - hours after the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon inexplicably started trending Twitter has seen an surge in misinformation after Musk fired much of the platform's full-time workforce by email earlier this month.Last week pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly was forced to clarify it was not offering insulin for free after a fake Twitter account - verified through $8 a month subscription service Twitter Blue - tweeted: 'We are excited to announce insulin is free now.' The post from parody account @EliLillyandCo - which used the same logo as the company in its profile photo and boasted a blue tick - was identical to the official account and sparked mass panic.The account was later suspended and $330billion company Eli Lilly stopped all their Twitter ad campaigns.