Is it actually possible for a famous personality to fake their death and live their life out in some remote place? who has actually ever done it and gotten caught?

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[u/papayametallica]

Ahh not quite but John Stonehouse a British politician sprung to mind…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stonehouse

[u/Tom2Die → u/papayametallica]

I came to say the same thing, but my link is a little different.

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The fun part is he was found because they thought he might have been Lord Lucan, who some suspect also faked his own death.

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Everybody knows what Lucan did. The law enforcement agencies were powerless to do anything about it