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Subway's Jared: Alive, Thank You

Now-svelte sandwich pitchman is the victim of an Internet hoax

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 27, 2008 9:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – Reports of the demise of Subway pitchman Jared are greatly exaggerated, a company rep said yesterday in response to an Internet hoax spread via Twitter posts. "Jared sounded very much alive when I talked to him today," a spokesman told Radar. The fast-spreading rumor claimed Fogle, 30, died after gastric bypass surgery and directed the worried masses to a fake mourners' site.

Jared Fogle (middle), is famous for losing 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches and walking every day. (AP Photo)

"Jared sounded very much alive when I talked to him today," a Subway rep said yesterday after Internet rumors of the death of company pitchman Fogle. (AP Photo)

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