Fact-Check: Did Johnny Lever Pass Away? No, News of Comedian’s Death Is a Hoax

News of comedian Johnny Lever's death is false. There are no credible reports or statements to support this claim.

Posts which falsely claim that comedian and actor Johnny Lever has passed away have gone viral on social media.

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Several social media posts showing veteran comedian and actor Johnny Lever's photos have gone viral on social media, claiming that he passed away "a few days ago" at the age of 68.

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

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This post by Facebook user Gaurav Rinshu Kumari had gathered over a thousand shares, 5,300 comments, and 55,000 reactions at the time of writing this report.

(Archived versions of more posts sharing this hoax can be seen here, here, here, and here.)

Is it true?: No, the claims about his death are a hoax.

How do we know?: We started by looking for reports about Johnny Lever's demise, but did not find any such information at all.

• Next, we checked his X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram pages to see they had any posts about Lever being in poor health or passing away, but didn't find anything of this nature.

• However, we saw several Instagram stories that Lever shared, where people were congratulating him on his birthday on 14 August 2025.

Lever shared Instagram stories when this report was being written.

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On X, actor Suniel Shetty, music label T-Series, and production company Dharma Productions also shared posts wishing him on his birthday on the day this report was written, indicating that the comedian had not passed away.

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His fellow actor sent him birthday greetings.

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We also went through comedian and his daughter Jamie Lever's account to see whether she had posted about Johnny Lever's health or demise, but did not find any relevant posts or information.

Lever's daughter had also not shared any posts about his health or demise.

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Conclusion: Posts about Johnny Lever's death are a hoax. There is no credible information to support the false claim.

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