Patrick Swayze, the actor who has been fighting pancreatic cancer since January 2008, is very much alive, despite rumors earlier today that he’d passed away.
Traditional media started the inaccurate rumor, with Florida-based KissFM planting the seed this morning.
However, it was Twitter that spread the news rapidly, even leading to Patrick’s Wikipedia page being wrongly updated.
The false Tweets forced Swayze’s rep to release a statement :
“This is to confirm...
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