Andy Kaufman's Brother Says Comedian Faked His Death (and he's still alive)

[WilliamPitt]

Andy Kaufman's Brother Says Comedian Faked His Death

Did Andy Kaufman fake his own death? According to the legendary comedian's brother and a woman claiming to be his daughter, he did.

The Comic's Comic reports that Kaufman's brother Michael took the stage at the annual Andy Kaufman Awards at New York City's Gotham Comedy Club this week and told the crowd that his brother is still alive and has a 24-year-old daughter.

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Michael Kaufman reportedly told the crowd that when he was cleaning out his brother's things after his supposed death, he came across an elaborate plan for how Kaufman was going to fake his death and reappear on Christmas Eve in 1999 at a specific restaurant. Michael said he went to the restaurant on that date, and a waiter gave him a letter from Andy in which the comedian said he had fallen in love, gone into hiding, and had a daughter in 1989. In the letter, Andy allegedly asked Michael to keep his secret as long as their father was still alive.

After their father died this summer, Michael said he got a call from a 24-year-old woman claiming to be Andy's daughter, and she said that he was indeed still alive. The woman also appeared on stage at the awards ceremony Monday, The Comic's Comic reports. The pair suggest Kauffman faked his death in order to escape the spotlight.

The rest: http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Andy-Kaufman-s-Brother-Says-Comedian-Faked-His-4982677.php

If you haven't seen it, this is a tremendous documentary on Andy Kaufman and his epic Inter-Gender Wrestling prank:

[Cooley Hurd]

1. THAT would be one of the greatest hoaxes ever!!!!!

I really hope it's true!!!

[Javaman]

2. Now wouldn't that be something! I miss Andy. He was certainly one of a kind. nt

[Skraxx]

3. It Would Be The Ultimate Kaufman Joke

And wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[nolabear]

4. Andy is the trickster personified. Even if the body is gone, the spirit does go on!

Btw I have good reason to believe it was a wonderful hoax but won't post the evidence unless people want me to. It's just too fine a thing to play the game.

[RagAss]

8. It's a cool hoax...

Post the evidence...I'd like to see it.

[nolabear]

10. Okay SPOILER ALERT:

Google Alexandra Tatarsky.

[librechik]

5. She looks just like Andy.

DNA test anyone? Maury!

[mzmolly]

6. Fascinating,

if true. If he did fake his death, I hope he'll reveal himself before he actually does die.

[edbermac]

7. He died in a hospital so I assume a physician signed the death certificate.

From wiki:

Kaufman died in a hospital in West Hollywood on May 16, 1984, of kidney failure, caused by metastasized large-cell lung carcinoma, and his body was interred in the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York, (Long Island). He was 35 years old.

The hoax sounds like a hoax.

[HockeyMom]

9. His Daughter

who supposedly was born years after he was dead. Wouldn't DNA test prove that one?