Why did people think that Steve Burns had died?

Why did people think that Steve Burns had died?

Michael Largo (Author) gives expert video advice on: What is the myth behind Mamma Cass' death?; What do people say about Keith Relf's death?; What is the tale behind Janis Joplin's death? and more...

A whole bunch of celebrities are reported dead when they're not, and that becomes another whole level of trying to add something to the media. Steve Burns was the actor on Blues Clues and when he suddenly disappeared as the host on this popular kids show, rumor had it that he had died of a drug overdose. So much so that he had to be taken out of his retirement and made a spot on different talk shows, and he currently is alive and last working in a Shakespearian film last summer.