Ailing soul singer Aretha Franklin, she of the satellite-sized hat, has been treated recently for the notoriously rough pancreatic cancer.
Twitter rumors have abounded that the 68-year-old songstress had succumbed to the illness, and the tale gained traction via the normally useful retweet function as users clicked it to retweet their ultimately useless condolences. As of now, there is no cause to believe Franklin has died, nor that she is any new danger of doing so in the near future.
CNN Correspondent Roland S. Martin debunked the rumor on his Twitter feed, calling out the people who tweet and re-tweet erroneous information:
Twitter rumors have abounded that the 68-year-old songstress had succumbed to the illness, and the tale gained traction via the normally useful retweet function as users clicked it to retweet their ultimately useless condolences. As of now, there is no cause to believe Franklin has died, nor that she is any new danger of doing so in the near future.CNN Correspondent Roland S. Martin debunked the rumor on his Twitter feed, calling out the people who tweet and re-tweet erroneous information:
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