death of Michael Jackson
The news of the 
 yesterday caused problems for web sites and caused hoax reports of other celebrity deaths to be posted. Twitter, where several celebrities immediately posted their comments on the news, saw its update frequency double as soon as the news broke. Facebook's update frequency tripled. Temporary server outages were reported for Twitter, TMZ.com (the site that originally broke the story), and the web site of the "Los Angeles Times".
News of Michael Jackson's death overloads Internet sites and sparks hoaxes