Ruby Dee is alive, despite false Twitter reports
NEW YORK (AP) -November 9, 2011
Jeffrey Leavitt, representative for the 87-year-old actress and
civil rights activist, corrected the false reports on Wednesday.
Dee's rumored death apparently resulted from confusion between
her name and that of Heavy D, the popular rapper who died in
Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday at age 44.
The mix-up was compounded when the Rev. Jesse Jackson informed
his Twitter followers that Ruby Dee had died, and she became a
trending topic on the social network.
Shortly afterward, Jackson corrected his post. "The news of the
passing of Ruby Dee HAS NOT BEEN confirmed," he tweeted, and urged
his followers to pass the word.
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