Cher Not Dead: Singer Becomes Latest Celebrity Death Hoax Victim
Is Cher dead or just the latest celebrity death hoax victim? The hashtag #RIP Cher became a trending topic on Twitter Thursday night and had many fans wondering whether the iconic singer had actually died.
Purportedly the rumor was started by Twitter user Lorraine_Star, who tweeted,
“RT @CNN: American recording artist Cher dies at 65 years old. Found dead in Malibu home.”
From there the rumor spread fast and even tricked a couple celebrities including reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who tweeted “Did I juist hear Cher has passed away? Is this real? OMG” to her 12,804,865 followers last night.
Though the “RIP Cher” tweets have spurred a variety of reactions which ranged from anger to tweets of concern and sadness, Cher fans can rest easy as the singer’s close friend, the jewellery designer Loree Rodkin, has set the record straight that Cher is alive and well:
“It’s a hoax. She’s fine,” Rodkin tweeted.
While the #RIP Cher topic is no longer listed on either the worldwide or United States top trends at the time of this writing, the tweets are still coming.
Cher’s death hoax is just the latest in a long list of A-listers that include names like Etta James, Jackie Chan, Hugh Hefner, Jim Carrey, Fred Savage, Britney Spears and several others.
Were you one of the ones tricked by the Cher death hoax? Do you think that spreading celebrity death rumors on Twitter is funny or just plain stupid?







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Jan 27, 2012
I am so glad to hear this. At least for now we do not have to listen to her fat sexually confused daughter spout out some ridiculous ball of blather. Would she Dance at her moms funeral?
Jan 27, 2012
I am Glad that CHER is Still With Us. I Love Her Music, I Grew Up Listening to CHER………..
Jan 27, 2012
It’s plain stupid n childish to spread rumors like this. I suggest the Tweeter gets a “real” job & stays of off the Internet.
Jan 27, 2012
Let me guess…. just another ploy to try an freak out the gay people… "Another Icon is dead"… give me a break… It is pretty bad though when this comes up in an election year and everyone knows that she is a huge gay supporter. "NORMAL PEOPLE" what ever that is, are just wanting to infultrate into our gay lives, but it would actually hurt alot of people if they really knew the truth about what the bible says about Sodum and Gimora.. LOL… At least I do my homework…
Jan 27, 2012
I am really starting to believe elvis is still alive.
Jan 27, 2012
Thank God never heard anything… damn fools!
Jan 27, 2012
I LOVE CHER AND LOVED HER MUSIC I WAS ALWAY'S LISTENING AND WATCHING HER AND SONNY BONO ON TV. THEY SHOULD PUT THAT TWITTER IN JAIL FOR STARTING A LIE , THEY DO OTHER PEOPLE.
Jan 27, 2012
It should be illegal, same as libel and slander. Sue this dipsh*t!
Jan 27, 2012
Idiots don't have a life who spread rumors like that! that's why I don't use Twitter!
Jan 27, 2012
That's why you shouldn't believe everything that is on twitter, not a reliable source.
Jan 27, 2012
LOL I lived in Vegas, He was no where to be seen, maybe his Museum!! HeHeHe.
Jan 27, 2012
Anthony I Love Cher also and have some friends that are "normal" as you put it and Gay. I think this )&(^&^%&*% of a person tried to hurt ALL of us and should be dragged behind a horse for a couple of miles or so.
Jan 27, 2012
It is very stupid to spread around someone has died just because they are bored with there life the person that started it is pure ignorant my opinion.
Jan 27, 2012
Tina Marie Triliegi PUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 27, 2012
Of course she's not dead. She's bagging groceries with Elvis!
Jan 27, 2012
I agree with Tina, here. Does anyone know WHY this #$@%&# did this? Can't just assume that she was targeting LGBTQIA's. Maybe the $%#$%^ did it to get attention, or the satisfaction of "starting" something, or maybe she's lonely and needs some friends, or just plain stupid…who knows. But unless the @#$%^ who started this comes clean and admits WHY they did it, I don't see a point in causing an uproar or turning this into something it may not even be. That's just spreading more rumors. Be happy Cher's alive and well and hope this fool get's reprimanded for her actions.
Jan 27, 2012
It should be illegal. At best it is stupid.
Jan 27, 2012
They are not idiots. Correct updated info will be announced just after 1600, PST. The truth will be announced then. Pray for Cher.
Jan 27, 2012
Twitting is now a game for malicious kids.
Jan 27, 2012
I am old enough to remember the "Paul is Dead" rumor that surfaced back in the late 60s when a college student wrote a thesis, giving clues from album covers as the basis for his theory. Needless to say, record sales soared, as fans scooped up whatever albums were missing in their collection so that they could desperately search for death clues. If you ask me, it was a brilliant idea, probably concocted by the Fab Fourt themselves, to sell even more albums.
Jan 27, 2012
The Person who started this rumor, Should have to do community service for someone who can not afford to hire help, wear a ankle band to insure they have to complete it, And!!!!!! She should have hear phone taken away for a long time, Cher you are still looking good, And your daughter is sweet, I know I don't have to tell you this. J
Jan 27, 2012
I heard this and my heart rate went up. Thankfully it was a false report. I adore CHER! Always have since I was a small child.
Jan 27, 2012
If one of the Kardashians died I would Cher. Oops I mean Cheer.
Jan 27, 2012
Etta James IS dead. She passed away January 20, 2012 losing a battle to leukemia. It could be a hoax or it could've been a mistake. Last week I thought some had just died, a famous star of yesteryear, that had been gone for 2 years. Glad Cher is fine.
Jan 27, 2012
Plain STUPID! The person who started the hoax should be proscuted.
Jan 27, 2012
LOL that is awsome!!!!!
Jan 27, 2012
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Jan 27, 2012
isn't etta james really dead though? that part must be old….RIP Etta.
Jan 27, 2012
unfortunately that's the way the world is going anymore….rumour, hoax, spam, and more…
Jan 27, 2012
Sure she is……she just won't lay down.
Jan 27, 2012
Well our hopes are dashed…..better luck next time.
Jan 28, 2012
I'm pretty sure that Etta James is indeed dead recently, ergo it's not a hoax.
Jan 28, 2012
You really can't sue Twitter. Unfortunately you can't sue people for being an idiot either.
Jan 28, 2012
She died years ago! Hell on Wheels was awful!
Jan 28, 2012
Don't we all know the saying: Even in a Holocaust – the only remaining beings are cockroaches and Cher…. She is amazing (amazing at surviing and being one of the biggest talents/stars we have ever had).. I totally "dig" her! She is so unassuming and so totally honest! The female of the century!
Jan 28, 2012
These people who have these sites where they say a celebrity has died need to get a life. They refuse to get off their lazy ass and get a job instead of sitting behind their computer and spread rumors that isn't true.
Jan 28, 2012
Why don't you keep your Gay bashing attitude to yourself instead of subjecting others to your bigotry and ignorance concerning both Gays and overweight people? Judging by your pic, you really don't have the right to call someone else fat. All your post did was show how shameless you are about your stupidity. I see you have a top commenter title after your name. One can only imagine the hatred you have spewed on these pagesto get that title. And even though it isn't true, it also shows what a heartless person you are by being glad to hear that someone is dead. Especially someone beloved by millions and who is still going strong after all these years. Being a Cher fan since I was a child, I know exactly what she would tell you to go do to yourself. Consider it said by me as well. And your comments about her SON are just too sickening for words. And just so you know (not that I care in the least), I am not Gay. Just disgusted by you.
Jan 28, 2012
SICK BASTARDS SAYING THINGS LIKE THIS…
Jan 28, 2012
Tina Marie Triliegi ….. Thanks Tina… you will always be in my thoughts… thanks again..
Jan 28, 2012
Jackie Monego Nice comment but the fact is that Cher now has 2 sons. I believe that Chaz would be insulted or offended to be called Cher's "daughter". Growing up watching the Sonny & Cher show, I remember that adorable little girl coming out at the end but that little girl is now an adult man. And his decision should be honored imho.
Jan 28, 2012
I really don't care if you are homophobic or what have you… You just sound like someone that listened to their father growing up and now you are just keeping the trend going… I can only say one thing to people like this…. and I quote "get a freakin life and leave us alone.. You are just pissed because you can't be yourself like we have come accustomed to…. It's none of your business what we do or when we want to do it…. Just leave us alone with your slander and let us live our own lives, the same as we do you…
Jan 28, 2012
Please don't presume to talk for everyone. Your hopes might be dashed but where do you get "our" from? And your "better luck next time" comment doesn't even deserve a response besides showing what kind of person you are to wish that kind of ill on anyone. Watch out for Karma.
Jan 28, 2012
Donna Kamm it is people like you who are destroying the very fabric of the world we live in. Your support of these Freaks and perverts is baseless and done out of a misguided upbringing by limp and pathetic excuses of parents who stand for nothing and who have abandoned God. And being that you are a high school student, I forgive your blatant stupidity in thinking that just because someone wants to be something, they are. You can sew on a fake penis for her, but it just makes her a girl with a fake penis sewn on. She can never be nor will ever be anything more than a freak and a sick broad. That you support it, makes you just as sick of a blight on our great nation as she is.
Jan 28, 2012
Anthony Pride I will tell you what you sick freak, stop marching down the road with "GAY PRIDE" banners, stop trying to convince me and my kids that your sicko freako ways are ok and that I have to not only approve, but let you do it in my face, stop pushing your ungodly agenda in my face everyday and I will leave you alone. Until you slide back under the rock you slithered out from, I will be right there opposing your vile disgusting lifestyle. Keep it in your bedroom behind closed doors and I won't say a word. But bring it into my backyard, into my house and I will fight you perverts with every bit of my life and soul.
Jan 28, 2012
Michael Gayon It is Anthony's right to march where ever and whenever he chooses in order to have the same basic rights as every other human deserves. It's just a shame that he has to fight for what is rightfully his. From your post, you seem to be teaching your children the same bigoted ways you have. I feel sorry for them because they will end up living in a world that has no tolerance for THEM because of the prejudiced way you are raising them. And they will end up learning this it is you that is the "sick freak". To each his own. Noone chooses who and what they are. It's wired into our genetics. Hopefully they will understand that you are the one that needs to slither back under your rock with all the other bigots. You don't have to approve of anyone else's lifestyle for the simple reason that it is none of your business how others live. He is living his life and not harming anyone. You, on the other hand, are harming your own children by teaching them hatred for people that aren't just like you. And thank God most aren't. Perverts, indeed. Your ignorance shows more and more with every post.
Jan 28, 2012
Donna Kamm maybe someday you will wake up. Why does anyone have the right to force me to listen to their action which go against god? It is not wired into our genetics, it is the choice to sin. It is the choice to be in a lifestyle that god hates. My children are grown and are good god fearing people. They are not perverts and they teach their kids the same values. You have the right to your opinions, no matter how sick and twisted, but the end result is you will burn in hell for going against god. This country is in big trouble and the reason is because of the Homosexuals and their supporters. You call me a hater, but I am just speaking the truth. God is punishing this nation, and will destroy it just like he did Sodom and Gomorrah unless we stop the perversions that are being allowed to go on.
Jan 28, 2012
Michael Gayon The only perversion that is going on is the way your thinking is so twisted. I don't know what Bible thumping religion you are preaching but my God tells me to love my neighbor as myself. I am awake but I'm seeing more and more that you never will awaken to how twisted and full of hate your thinking is. And, btw, this Country is in trouble, at least in large part, because of some other lunatics who also use religion as an excuse to hate everyone that is different from them by twisting a beautiful religion to suit their own sick views. You will probably meet more than a few of them in Hell yourself.
Jan 28, 2012
Formaldehyde.
Jan 28, 2012
Donna Kamm you are deluded. Love thy neighbor is not an excuse to bugger them. Read what it says about homosexuals, the part about big rocks to the head. You twist what is written to meet your own sick horrible needs. I bet it is ok in your way of thinking to have sex with animals also, I mean thats just the way those people are wired too. Right? What about child molesters, its just choice, right? You are a disgusting person. Sin and refusal to conform to gods laws will send you to hell.
Jan 28, 2012
I don't use Twitter either. In fact I don't use Facebook all that much either. Good old E-mail is just the ticket for me. That Twitter-er person should have their Computer rights taken away.
Jan 28, 2012
well said… twitter people / people with twitter accounts SHOULD GET A well-proper LIFE!!
Jan 28, 2012
better yet, DON'T HAVE OR GET TWITTER ACCOUNT because of such instances/examples like these! I was originally planning to open one Twitter account but now have changed my mind..
Jan 28, 2012
Good Grief! We need to get lives………………….
Jan 28, 2012
What is a twitter?
Jan 28, 2012
This just in, Cher not dead. Just her career is.
Jan 28, 2012
I think the twitter that started it should be arrested.
Jan 28, 2012
what a horrible way to get media attention if I was Cher id sue that skank or at the least press some charges on her @ss.
Jan 28, 2012
Must be a stunt. Cher and Lady Gaga have a new single coing soon " the greatest thing " must be some way to promote it….mark my word..this gets her name in th news….2 weeks from now a new single release. Ill say I TOLD U SO later.
Jan 28, 2012
I hope that Lorraine_Star is sued by Cher. What a stupid thing to do. Does posting such a lie on the internet fall under the jurisdiction of the FAA or some authority?
Jan 28, 2012
I'm starting a twitter hoax of my own: RMc is Alive! #rmcisaliveomgwtf
Jan 28, 2012
So are you Canadian?
Jan 28, 2012
that lady should before for starting a rumor that spread thru the system and alarmed so many people, she should also be prosecuted for what she did.
Jan 28, 2012
I feel it is just ungodly for people to spread rumors that are not true, we send that message back to the sender, be blessed Cher.
Jan 28, 2012
Not Dead! Hell, that woman's been dead for years…
Jan 28, 2012
If she's not dead, what is she?
Jan 28, 2012
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Jan 28, 2012
AMEN THE TWITTER ISn't FOR ME , I AGREE THEY SHOULD TAKE THERE TWEETER AWAY FROM THEM , PEOPLE GET A LIFE.GROW UP, AND MOVE ON.
Jan 28, 2012
With that rag ass daughter of hers who wouldn't want to kill themselves.
Jan 28, 2012
Etta James IS dead.
Jan 28, 2012
I just heard JFK is Still Alive… Is that true?
Jan 29, 2012
Uh, Etta James really did pass away…
Jan 29, 2012
Your a "nitwit" if you believe everything you read on "twitter"; if it's not on any of the major news channels it probably isn't true.
Jan 31, 2012
true look at washington dc.
Feb 28, 2012
Amen to that sis.
Apr 15, 2012
they should put people who post in ALL CAPS in jail.
Jul 6, 2012
People sincerely need to get a life.
Jul 6, 2012
People sincerely need to get a life.
Aug 29, 2012
I think anyone who maliciously spreads gossip that can be this harmful, should be reprimanded even possible criminally.
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