Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.

The woman claiming to be the comedian's daughter appears to be New York actress Alexandra Tatarsky. 
  
 Comedian Andy Kaufman, who died in 1984 at 35, is still alive, says a woman claiming to be his daughter. Conspiracy theorists have long thought Kaufman faked his own death. (Photo: Paul Drinkwater, NBC) 
  
 UPDATE: In an interview on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper on Thursday, Michael Kaufman said, "I'm questioning things as much as you and everybody else is" and that he believes he's a victim of a hoax. 
  
 UPDATE: Reports are surfacing that say the woman claiming to be Kaufman's daughter could be a New York actress named Alexandra Tatarsky. CinemaBlend points out the resemblance of the woman to a photo of the actress on a theater website, and The Smoking Gun reports she met Michael Kaufman at a New York gallery featuring a collection of "artifacts" from Andy Kaufman's life and planned the stunt with him. 
  
 Gawker found her biography, which notes that the actress is "inspired by Russian absurdism" — Kaufman could also be said to be an absurdist. 
  
 Tatarsky's actual father? A psychologist. 
  
 Over at The Hollywood Reporter, Michael postponed a second interview with the publication after news of Tatarsky's involvement broke. He apologized for the delay. "This is so, like, out of my league what's going on here," he said of the overwhelming media attention he's garnered. 
  
 "I think I've been misquoted, OK?" Kaufman told THR. "I never came out with, 'He's alive.' I'm as skeptical as anybody else." 
  
 However, Al Parinello, producer of the Andy Kaufman Awards, previously told THR, "I can tell you without a doubt this was not a prank." 
  
 ORIGINAL POST: Is Andy Kaufman still alive? If you believe a woman claiming to be his daughter, he could be. 
  
 Conspiracy theorists have long posited that the comedian, who died in 1984 at 35 of lung cancer, faked his death. And an announcement at the annual Andy Kaufman Awards, held in New York, has brought the theory back into the public eye. 
  
 The woman told the audience — gathered to celebrate performers who embody the spirit of the comedian — that her father was still very much alive and that he had faked his death to escape the limelight and be a stay-at-home dad for her and her siblings. She also said he wanted to make an appearance at the awards ceremony, but ended up deciding not to come. TMZ has video of the talk. 
  
 "I don't know how much longer he can keep everything away," she said. 
  
 She appeared on stage with Kaufman's brother, Michael, who asked her questions as she happily responded, repeatedly pushing her brown hair behind her ears. 
  
 Michael also reportedly told a story about his brother reaching out to him in 1999 to meet for dinner, but he was stood up at a restaurant — with the exception of a note that revealed Kaufman had faked his death. It's unconfirmed whether Michael definitively believes his brother is alive or dead, but reports say Michael concluded at the end of the story that his brother is alive. 
  
 Kaufman has one known child: daughter Maria Colonna, who lives in upstate New York, according to The Huffington Post, and occasionally consults about her late father's death. But it appears she was not involved in this announcement. 
  
 The woman reportedly claimed to be 24 years old — if you do the math, it puts her birth years after Kaufman's death. She's also reportedly a theater student, according to People magazine. 
  
 Kaufman was famous for his work on Saturday Night Live and Taxi, but also for odd behavior. He also reportedly spoke often of faking his own death. 
  
  
  
 No one has confirmed that this woman is actually Kaufman's daughter, nor that her story is truthful. 
  
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1csc80Y ||||| He postpones a second interview with THR as reports surface that the comedian's "daughter" is a New York-based actress. 
  
 Andy Kaufman's faked death is looking more and more like a hoax perpetrated by the comedian's brother. 
  
 STORY: Andy Kaufman's Brother Says Comedian is Alive, in Love and Has a Daughter 
  
 Sounding rushed and harried in a short phone conversation on Thursday morning, Michael Kaufman, the brother of the Taxi star -- who officially died in 1984 at age 35 from lung cancer -- apologized for having to delay a planned interview with THR, the second such postponement in two days. He then admitted that the attention foisted upon him in the last 24 hours has become overwhelming. 
  
 "This is so, like, out of my league what's going on here," Kaufman says. 
  
 The media and online feeding frenzy follows events at Monday night's Andy Kaufman Awards, held at Gotham Comedy Club, where Michael read a letter allegedly typed by his brother which stated Andy was alive and living with a woman with whom he had raised a daughter. That alleged daughter was then brought up on stage. (Kaufman had another daughter in 1969, Maria Bellu-Colonna, whose relation to the comedian is not in question.) 
  
 PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders 
  
 Video of the event posted to TMZ shows the woman, who says she is 24, answering questions posed by Michael. "I'm not trying to prove anything," the woman says, nervously touching her hair and face. "He didn't tell me specifically to impart anything. … He was really thinking about coming." 
  
 Asked by an audience member what the legendary comic was up to these days, the woman answers, "He just wanted to be a stay-at-home dad. That's why he wanted to leave the showbiz and whatever. And so he's pretty much a great dad and raised us …" 
  
 Since the video was published online, reports have surfaced that the woman posing as Andy Kaufman's daughter is in fact Alexandra Tatarsky, a 23-year-old actress. The Smoking Gun cites an anonymous source who says Michael met Tatarsky while she was working at an Andy Kaufman-themed exhibit at the Maccarone Gallery in Manhattan, entitled, "On Creating Reality." That's where Kaufman recruited Tatarsky to play the role of the comedian's daughter, the site reports. 
  
 VIDEO: Epic 'Twerk Fail' Video Turns Out to Be a Hoax Masterminded by Jimmy Kimmel 
  
 The brother would not comment on the allegations regarding Tatarsky. Saying he was late for planned TV appearances arranged for him by Al Parinello -- the producer of the Andy Kaufman Awards who previously told THR, "I can tell you without a doubt this was not a prank" -- he only offered the following, backpedaling on his initial claims: 
  
 "I think I've been misquoted, OK?" Kaufman says. "I never came out with, 'He's alive.' I'm as skeptical as anybody else." 
  
 Email: Seth.Abramovitch@THR.com 
  
 Twitter: @SethAbramovitch ||||| SHOCKER: Andy Kaufman’s "Daughter" Is Actually A New York Actress Whose Real Dad Is A Doctor Share 
  
 Tweet 
  
  
  
 In news that should shock nobody, the woman who appeared onstage this week claiming Andy Kaufman was alive--and that she was his daughter--is a New York City actress whose actual father is a Manhattan doctor, The Smoking Gun has learned. 
  
 Posing as the late comedian’s daughter, Alexandra Tatarsky, 24, appeared Monday night at the Andy Kaufman Awards and told the audience that Kaufman dropped out of show business nearly three decades ago to be a “stay-at-home dad.” 
  
 With Kaufman’s brother Michael at her side, Tatarsky did not offer any details of how Kaufman purportedly staged his death. 
  
 According to a source familiar with this week’s Kaufman stunt, Tatarsky met Michael Kaufman earlier this year while working at a Manhattan gallery exhibiting a collection of Kaufman “ephemera and artifacts” from the comedian’s personal and professional life. 
  
 Tatarsky was recruited by Michael Kaufman to play the role of Andy Kaufman’s daughter. The comedian, who died of lung cancer in 1984, had one daughter (who was born in 1969). 
  
 Pictured above, Tatarsky did not respond to a voicemail message left on her cell phone. Her actual father, Andrew, is a 58-year-old psychologist specializing in substance abuse treatment. 
  
 While many news outlets greeted word of Kaufman’s resurrection with skepticism, the gossip rubes at TMZ breathlessy reported that, “The woman's account dovetails eerily with a story Michael told during the ceremony about a letter he found while going through Andy's stuff -- a letter Andy wrote explaining a plan to fake his death.” ||||| Video: Watch Andy Kaufman's Supposed Daughter Claim He's Still Alive By Eric Eisenberg 
  
  
  
 One of the most surprising and strange stories to pop up today was about the possible 
  
  
  
 So is it real? 
  
  
  
 The woman in the video claiming to be Andy Kaufman's daughter bears a striking resemblance to this actress: 
  
  
  
  
  
 Her name is Alexandra Tatarsky according to 
  
  
  
 So, while all common sense and logic tells me that I shouldn't believe that Andy Kaufman is still alive, I will admit that a huge part of me wants to believe it. Not only would it be absolutely mind-boggling to know that one of the greatest entertainers of all time pulled the most brilliant prank ever, but I just want to know if something like this is even possible. Can someone as famous as Kaufman really fake his own death and fall off the map for the better part of three decades? Then there's the number of doors it opens conspiracy theory-wise. Is Elvis alive too? What about Tupac? 
  
  
  
 Even if everything that went down at the Andy Kaufman Awards was a sham, I can't say I really mind. Not only was Kaufman the kind of person who would want us to believe he faked his death, stories like this are a great opportunity to shine a light on how genius he really was: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 I posed the question when the story first broke online earlier, but now that we have video evidence from the event: is it possible that Andy Kaufman is still alive? Answer our poll below and tell us what you're thinking in the comments section. 
  
  
  
 One of the most surprising and strange stories to pop up today was about the possible resurrection of a comedy legend. For the last 29 years fans of actor and comedian Andy Kaufman have perpetuated a conspiracy theory that the star didn't die of lung cancer back in 1984, but instead actually faked his own death to get away from the spotlight - and earlier this week at the Andy Kaufman Awards in New York City there was some heavy suggestion that those rumors were true. A 24-year-old woman took the stage at the event, alongside Andy Kaufman's brother Michael, and "revealed" that she is the comedy icon's daughter and that her father is still alive. Previously we only had written accounts of what happened, but now the above video has surfaced online.So is it real?The woman in the video claiming to be Andy Kaufman's daughter bears a striking resemblance to this actress:Her name is Alexandra Tatarsky according to this website and she's a theater artist from New York City. An exploration of Alexandra’s Facebook page confirms that she’s definitely not Andy’s daughter. In fact, she’s the daughter of a 58-year-old New York psychologist named Andrew Tatarsky. While a few of our more astute commenters have pointed out that in some of Alexandra’s photos with her dad, Andrew does slightly resemble Andy Kaufman, he doesn't resemble him enough to make anyone believe that Andy has been hiding out in New York specializing in substance abuse treatment for the past thirty-years. Andrew’s Facebook profile is definitely not Kaufmanesc.So, while all common sense and logic tells me that I shouldn't believe that Andy Kaufman is still alive, I will admit that a huge part of me wants to believe it. Not only would it be absolutely mind-boggling to know that one of the greatest entertainers of all time pulled the most brilliant prank ever, but I just want to know if something like this is even possible. Can someone as famous as Kaufman really fake his own death and fall off the map for the better part of three decades? Then there's the number of doors it opens conspiracy theory-wise. Is Elvis alive too? What about Tupac?Even if everything that went down at the Andy Kaufman Awards was a sham, I can't say I really mind. Not only was Kaufman the kind of person who would want us to believe he faked his death, stories like this are a great opportunity to shine a light on how genius he really was:I posed the question when the story first broke online earlier, but now that we have video evidence from the event: is it possible that Andy Kaufman is still alive? Answer our poll below and tell us what you're thinking in the comments section. Do you think Andy Kaufman could still be alive? No way. He's resting in peace. 
  
 Maybe... I'm not so sure. 
  
 Absolutely! I'd totally buy it. Vote RESULTS WANT TO VOTE? Comments Facebook 
  
 Back to top |||||

Sorry, Andy Kaufman fans. The story that sounded too good to be true—he's alive!—was, in fact, a hoax, reports the Smoking Gun. A woman who came forward this week claiming to be his daughter and alleging that he had faked his own death in 1984 is actually an actress named Alexandra Tatarsky, says the website. (CinemaBlend also was quick to spot the woman's resemblance to Tatarsky's profile photos.) Her father is a New York City psychologist, and Gawker points out that her bio says she is inspired by "Russian absurdism," something Kaufman would surely appreciate. TSG reports that Tatarsky hatched the hoax with Kaufman's brother Michael, after the pair met at a gallery featuring an exhibition of the comic's life. As for Michael—who read a letter supposedly written by his late brother at the Andy Kaufman Awards on Monday night—he seems to be backtracking quickly, notes USA Today. "I think I've been misquoted, OK?" he tells the Hollywood Reporter while postponing an interview. "I never came out with, 'He's alive.' I'm as skeptical as anybody else."