A news report is doing rounds on social media that claims singer Celine Dion has died in a plane crash.
The legendary singer, the Canadian Icon, Celine Dion died this morning in a plane crash in Detroit. The world is sad for this sudden death news … pic.twitter.com/W39sxtuTHQ
— Dr.Adel Moufarrej (@AdelBMoufarrej) November 9, 2019
The video has been viewed more than 16 lakh times and received over 5,300 shares.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact check and found the claim attached to it to be FAKE.
Dion is active on Twitter, as one can see her latest tweets posted was on November 10.
I’m so excited, I can’t wait to share my new music with you ! ❤️🔥 // J’ai tellement hâte de partager ma nouvelle musique avec vous ! ❤️🔥 – Céline xx… pic.twitter.com/CP8DiHB06j
— Celine Dion (@celinedion) November 10, 2019
The hoax post went viral in the first week of November for the Canadian singer had concerts around that time. On November 6, she tweeted saying, Thank you Detroit for an incredible evening! We’ll be on stage on Nov. 18 in Montreal! Can’t wait!
No credible news channel has run any news recently about the singer’s death.
Hence, the above information proves that the singer is alive and no such plane crash took place. The viral report has been falsely attributed to CNN.
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