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Gregg Jevin’s ‘death’ ripples through Twitter: Who the hell is he?
Gregg Jevin is dead! The sad news of Gregg Jevin’s death has spread across Twitter like wildfire and the hashtag #RIPGreggJevin and Gregg Jevin have been trending. The news of Jevin’s death was first reported by popular comedian Michael Legge.
Wait a minute, who is Gregg Jevin?
A man born out of the imagination of Legge. He is as Winston Churchill said, a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma — the engima being Legge’s mind. His tweet of Jevin’s death was taken by the Twitter populace without question.
Sad to say that Gregg Jevin, a man I just made up, has died. #RIPGreggJevin
— Michael Legge (@michaellegge) February 24, 2012
His tweet was followed by a slew of responses:
@michaellegge Greg Jevin was an inspiration to all of us who longed to be made up. #RIPGreggJevin
— Peter More (@mrpetermore) February 24, 2012
@michaellegge I never knew him. He was like a father to me. So terribly sad #RIPGreggJevin
— Call me Chris (@mrlizard13) February 24, 2012
A total legend. Knew him way back when he was doing Improv. Didn’t know he was ill. #alwaysthegoodones #RIPGreggJevin @michaellegge
— Colm O’Regan (@colmoregan) February 24, 2012
To be honest, I watched Gregg Jevin die so often, I’m amazed people think it’s something worth commenting on. Too soon? #backlash
— Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) February 24, 2012
Jevin’s Twitter account has been unusually active for a dead person, though as his bio suggests “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated, I only died a little bit”. He also tweeted a confirmation of his death just in case anyone was in doubt:
I can confirm that I am actually dead
— Gregg Jevin (@GreggJevin) February 24, 2012
Tributes for Jevin are well underway. Everyone wants to honour him.
NEW SHOW! Gregg Jevin tribute night with @michaellegge & friends. Join us on Sun 01 Apr as we mourn the loss of a true great. #RIPGreggJevin
— The Glee Club (@TheGleeClub) February 24, 2012
Schedule update: 9.30pm tonight on BBC2, the tribute programme “Oh Well, Never Mind: The Gregg Jevin Story”. #RIPGreggJevin
— Radio Times (@RadioTimes) February 24, 2012
Balcony T-shirts also created a shirt in honour of a man who doesn’t really exist, nobody knows, but everyone remembers fondly.
We thought the most respectful thing we could do was create a tribute T-shirt. #RIPGreggJevin twitpic.com/8nzc8q
— Scott Balcony (@balconyshirts) February 24, 2012
Interesting that Gregg is trending worldwide. I remember when Diana died. She didn’t trend on Twitter at all. #RIPGreggJevin
— Michael Legge (@michaellegge) February 24, 2012
