Mark E Smith's death was inadvertently tweeted by BBC Music account on the occasion of his 60th birthday. BBC apologized for the mistake.
NME reported that the tweet says "RIP Mark E Smith" with a photo of the singer and a sad emoji. The tweet is no longer visible on the said Twitter account but instead a birthday greeting was posted with the same photo.
Smith is The Fall's front man and instrumental in blaming Tony Blair for the lack of working-class men in the music industry. He said, "There was always privilege in music, but nowadays you don't have a chance in hell." The group released their album "Sub-Lingual Tablet" in 2015.
The problem with Twitter comes when the user in a rush to be the first to let the world know tweets the wrong information. There were many instances where the living person was "killed." There was even an instance when a famous person was killed in 2016 when he actually died in 1990.
According to Telegraph, a user named Kay Burley tweeted "RIP Malcom Muggeridge." A BBC veteran Cliff Michelmore died in 2016. But Burley instead of wishing the dead man peace in his rest, she mentioned the man who died 26 years ago.
"Game of Thrones" fans panicked when a tweet that George RR Martin has died flooded the Internet. The truth is, it was "The Beatles" famous producer Sir George Martin who died. When it was corrected, fans of Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke sighed with relief.
Sarah Michelle condoled with the family of Boy George when it was the "Careless Whisper" George Michael who died. She later tweeted her apologies saying that she heard the wrong name but she had all the best intentions.
There were more honest mistakes that happened in the social media platform, but the good thing is that the apologies came right after. Mark E Smith is alive and well and will be making more meaningful music for the world.
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