Now that the stroke job is over , Mike talked about this on his show today . It 's an obituary that was posted in a local newspaper called the Daily Breeze in a community close to Los Angeles . When it first made the rounds on the internet it was believe it was a hoax . But it 's not , it 's been verified by the newspaper which has a copy of the death certificate .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
How was it known that the death was not a hoax after all ?


There is a copy of the death certificate to prove it .