Los Angeles Nov 22 (IANS) Singer Aretha Franklin has reassured fans that she is alive and well following rumours of her death.
After the hashtag #RipArethaFranklin began trending on Twitter on Tuesday morning the singer 75 told usmagazine.com: "I m doing well generally all tests have come back good."
"I ve lost a lot of weight due to side effects of medicine it affects your weight … Thanks for your concern " she added in an emailed statement.
The false report which was initially started by a fake Aretha Franklin Twitter account gained more than 15 000 mentions.
The post read: "It is with sad news that we announce the passing of the ‘Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin 1942-2017."
Fans immediately reacted assuming the tweet was true.
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