Nino de Angelo, Berlin 2022
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Pop star Nino de Angelo recently had to read about himself being dead: a four-minute video entitled “Nino de Angelo († 60) is dead!” circulated on YouTube – incorrectly. According to “TZ”, the video generated almost 17,5000 views before it was deleted from the video platform (the age of the video was also wrong: de Angelo is 59, not 60 years old).
When asked by spot on news, a YouTube spokesperson said: “Following an internal review, we have closed the ‘News – 555 YouTube’ channel for violating our community guidelines. This policy includes measures against spam, fraud, and other deceptive practices that abuse the trust of the YouTube community.”
Pop star outraged: “Damn, what kind of world do we live in now?”
The hit star himself also reacted to the death video he shared: he posted a screenshot of it on his Instagram profile, where his alleged funeral can be seen. He commented: “Damn, what kind of world do we live in now?” – And announced: “The resurrection will then be broadcast live on Saturday at Florian Silbereisen.”
Nino de Angelo now in a long list of celebrities declared “dead”.
The “trend” of declaring celebrities dead on the internet has been around for a long time. In 2012, for example, it happened to Justin Bieber: messages with the hashtag “RIP Justin Bieber” spread on Twitter.
According to fake news, Taylor Swift has already died twice. She is said to have died in 2009 after being allergic to sleeping pills. Finally, in 2012, it was announced that she had been found dead in her apartment.
Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Jackie Chan, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black and Britney Spears have already had to endure and correct similar bizarre reports, including conspiracy theories.