However, Memphis’ News Channel 13 WREG reports that Tim Dog (real name Timothy Blair) may have faked his own death. Esther Pilgrim, the woman from whom Blair stole $32,000 in a 2011 online dating scam, suspects that Blair crafted the ruse to avoid court-ordered repayments (of $100 a month).
Blair allegedly died in Atlanta; a friend of Pilgrim could not locate a death certificate there. WREG’s private investigation didn’t find a death certificate, either — but it did turn up an address for Blair that was last active in April. As Pitchfork points out, The Source article announcing Blair’s death that the media (including FACT) reported on no longer exists.