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Within hours of Kirk’s death, Stephen King shared a post that claimed Kirk advocated stoning gays to death—a gross lie that unfoundedly painted him as a bigot. This statement garnered hundreds of thousands of likes, reflecting its wide reach. Yet, this was a clear misrepresentation. King later acknowledged the mistake, deleting the tweet and issuing an apology, but not before it had inflamed tensions and misled many.