Poor Peter Reid falls for internet hoax and announces Peter Kay has died (he hasn’t)

Poor Peter. Reid that is.

A great many people are fully aware that Wikipedia, although a very helpful and powerful resource, is also consumed with a pinch of salt. The self-curated repository may be impressively accurate and comprehensive considering its editable nature, but there is definitely room for short-term shenanigans before they are identified and corrected. On Sunday, former Everton and England star Peter Reid, now a popular pundit, took a rogue update as fact, and announced to his 140,000 Twitter followers that comedian and (some would say) natural treasure Peter Kay had passed away - because he saw it on Twitter. An easy mistake to make to the uninitiated. Poor Reidy was understandably gutted, using a screenshot and adding: 'Oh no can't believe this. RIP' https://twitter.com/reid6peter/status/960263728070578176 In fact, it was namesake Sporting Chance rehab clinic co-founder Peter Kay who sadly died in 2013. Thankfully a throng of followers corrected him and explained that it was trolls up to no good and conflating the two... https://twitter.com/AK4INSURANCE/status/960265971062792192 https://twitter.com/JerIsher/status/960291281711845376 https://twitter.com/Tynan4/status/960265039910506498 https://twitter.com/Lynchy91_EFC/status/960282366601318401 https://twitter.com/PED7/status/960264098092126208 https://twitter.com/CDinnage/status/960265378118209537 Reid went on to correct his tweet (sort of), by posting: https://twitter.com/reid6peter/status/960264247686070272 It's not Peter.