Don’t believe what you read on Twitter. Rock and roll star and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is not dead. While the 67-year-old rocker may look like a corpse, according to the International Business Times, he’s alive and strutting.
Jagger is just the last in a long line of celebrities to fall victim to the dreaded Twitter death hoax and he certainly won’t be the last. In recent months, a Twitter hoax claimed that actor Adam Sandler died. In 2009, Scrubs star Zach Braff was declared dead online, leading the actor to put out a funny YouTube video addressing the rumors directly.
Twitter is an amazing service because of how it allows people from across the world to connect and communicate en masse. In some cases, this gives people the tools to help overthrow dictators as seen in the unprecedented Egyptian uprising earlier this month. In other cases, however, it breeds a culture of irresponsibility where people pass on information without verifying the facts first.
So again we say, Mick Jagger is not dead. Don’t get fooled by Twitter hoaxes! Next time you see a celebrity death rumor online, do yourself a favor and check to see if the information is accurate before clicking retweet.
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