Last night, anyone who logged into Twitter would have been startled by impactful news: the death of José Luis Perales. Twitter users, always eager to be relevant and make their mark, began sharing performances of ‘Un velero llamado libertad’ (because of the “Y se marchó” line, as logic and dark humor are our strengths) and listing his greatest achievements. There was just a slight issue: Perales was alive.
This dead man is very much alive
At 78 years old, the singer had gone to London to spend time with his children when suddenly he received the news of his own death. It’s a strange world where someone has to come out and deny their own death, but that’s how it goes. In a video from his Twitter account, he announced, “The truth is that I am more alive than ever, happier than ever.”
It has been a year since he last took the stage after a tour that ended in Montevideo, where everyone was deeply moved. But of course, someone not performing doesn’t mean they have passed away. Interestingly, the initial news seemingly came from a Latin American media outlet that had obviously not verified the information. In the race to be the fastest, once again, the media forgot to be the most accurate.
It’s not the first time, of course, that people have been declared dead while peacefully at home. In fact, just yesterday, the death of Fernando Savater was announced by a fake account of his publisher… which was promptly closed down. Felipe González, Elena Salgado, Isabel Allende, JK Rowling, Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus…
If you’re famous and you’ve never been declared dead on Twitter, are you really famous? Justin Bieber, for instance, was rumored to have died with a bullet between his eyebrows, and Jackie Chan from a heart attack in the center of New York. Has anyone ever died of nerves upon reading news about their own death? There’s a movie idea right there, mind you.
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