Punk icon Ian MacKaye has been forced to prove he's still alive after internet reports suggested he had died. The Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman was pronounced dead by websites Wikipedia and MySpace.com, prompting his local newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, to plan an extensive obituary.

But when a reporter phoned MacKaye's family home, the singer took the call and revealed, "I am still alive."

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