On May 15 2001, one of the most beloved bloggers of the early internet died from a brain aneurysm after battling leukemia.
On May 19, 2001, the internet learned that Kaycee Nicole Swenson had not, in fact, died. She had never existed.
SOURCES:
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/technology/a-beautiful-life-an-early-death-a-fraud-exposed.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaycee_Nicole
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kaycee-nicole/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/may/28/internetnews.mondaymediasection
https://www.webtimemedias.com/article/transfernet-fabulous-fate-kaycee-nicole
https://metatalk.metafilter.com/20653/Kaycee-Nicole-Metafilters-first-investigation
https://www.metafilter.com/7878/The-Kaycee-Nicole-Swensen-Faq
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