Jared “The Subway Guy” Death Hoax
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Jared S. Fogel, best known as the spokesman for Subway sandwich shop “The Subway Guy” Born December 1st, 1977 Died yesterday at 4:43pm EST.
This is the first paragraph of Mr. Fogle’s fake online obituary on JaredRemembered.com.
Just who is Jared Fogle? Jared Fogle is the popular spokesman for Subway sandwiches. You’ve seen him in many a commercial for the sandwich chain as the guy who was fat and then ate only Subway and got skinny. It’s a true story and a marketer’s dream come true.
Perhaps his popularity was to blame for the internet prank. False celebrity death notices are nothing new in the age of the internet. Just ask the Blues Clues guy, Steve Burns, whose reported death became an urban legend, online and off. So Jared Fogle is not dead.
[...] the Internet reeled again last year from yet another hoax Jared Fogle death announcement, a much weightier story was developing. Subway, the fast-food chain for which Fogle acts as [...]
glad you a live and well. stop and give autographs at your stores. that would be nice……