Celine Dion: Facebook Death Hoax Horrifies Fans

 

For a brief moment, many people thought iconic singer Celine Dion had died. The 45-year-old pop star was the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax on Nov. 9, and not surprisingly, she is not very happy about it.

Celine Dion: Death Hoax Victim

Fake stories about the singer’s death began circulating and building steam on Facebook through an app that uses logos from well-known news outlets to entice users to click, according to 7News. One story said that Celine died in a car crash, while another claimed it was a plane crash.

And huge news like Celine’s death — no matter how fake — has a tendency to spread like wildfire on social media. After starting on Facebook, the hoax leaked onto Twitter:

Celine Dion Responds To Her Death Hoax

The fake news spread so fast that it even reached Celine — who was very much alive — and she was shaken and upset.

“Sometimes it’s freaky because I have to call my family about it,” she told Digital Spy. “I was celebrating the birthday of my twins in Montreal and I was getting these phone calls saying there was stuff on Facebook that I was dead.”

When Celine puts it that way, it really outlines how damaging death hoaxes can actually be. Maybe we should all just agree to