A little late with this one, but a rumor hit the Internet, and certain radio stations, on Thursday proclaiming that one-time popular comedian Sinbad had died last weekend of a heart attack. Sinbad is actually alive and well, but since his only gig at the moment is filming a flick entitled “Cuttin Da Mustard,” his once vibrant career is another story.

Mark Adkins-Sin’s brother/manager spoke with EUR about the death rumor that spread like wildfire after being passed on unchecked:

“That was a vicious rumor, I don’t know where it came from, but it started last weekend,” Mark, the head of a promotions company in Los Angeles, told Bailey on the phone Thursday afternoon. “It just started circulating around the country, and today I got more calls than any.”

“On Saturday I started getting a lot of comedians calling me saying that they heard Sinbad had passed away,” Mark continued. “Then it had died down for a couple of days and we thought it was just a little local rumor, but then it went across the country. I got calls from Detroit and New York, radio stations calling. I guess there’s some sort of obituary or something on the e-mail blast that made it seem real.”

The former star of “A Different World” spoke with EUR and the cast of the Steve Harvey Morning on Friday about Thursday’s rumor:

This could actually be good for Sin’s career. After all, you’re nobody till somebody kills you….online.