The picture is obviously firebug'd or edited with something else, TMZ and foxnews do not have an article saying he is alive.
From the looks of things this is almost definitely not a joke, and I'm quite saddened by him dying since I've always loved his character.
r.i.p. random hero
I don't know the original source for it so here it is on mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?t753137rlpgcnhg
I included two pdo files, one is the original on A4 paper, and the other is on Letter. Both are the same size, I just moved the pieces around to fit the smaller paper.
If making papercraft from an existing model counts, then
Finished this yesterday, 30 hours in 3 days.
update: I made it again with card stock so now it doesn't suck