On Sunday, "Livin' la Vida Loca" singer Ricky Martin responded to a recent death hoax claiming he died from a car accident on New Year's Day.

Martin took to Instagram to playfully respond to the hoax by posting two photos of an undisclosed location, which he captioned with the hashtag "#heaven."

 Hello from #heaven.

Una foto publicada por Ricky (@ricky_martin) el Ene 1, 2015 at 11:51 PST

 #Sunset in #heaven

A photo posted by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Jan 1, 2015 at 1:38pm PST

Since his #heaven posts, fans have flocked to the Latin singer's page to express their relief over the falsity of the death claims and their amusement over the singer's playful response.

"Hahahaha thanx god you're alive," Instagram user @_honyj wrote.

"Thank God he is alive," another user named @hazarouna added.

Rumors of Martin's false car crash and death erupted online over New Year's weekend after a video from Shocking-And-upcoming's YouTube account was posted online, the Inquisitr reports. In the video, which received over 400,000 views and counting, a police official announces Martin died in a car crash on a freeway in San Diego on New Year's Day.

Though the video's audio does not match what the police official is actually mouthing, Martin's fans flocked to social media to express their sorrow and condolences over what they believed to be his death.

Martin is among many celebrities that has fallen victim to the ever-growing online trend of celebrity death hoaxes. The Washington Post reports Kirk Douglas and Macaulay Culkin were recent victims of the online prank.

Earlier in September, Betty White fans erupted in frenzy following an Empire News article, "Actress Betty White, 92, Dyes Peacefully In Her Los Angeles Home." However, White's fans overlooked the word "dyes" and became frantic at the thought one of Hollywood's legends had passed on.

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