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Possibly dead... but you know what twitter is like.

Source is good though (unless she's been hacked)

Carla Bruni Sarkozy ‏ @CBruniOfficial

S.E.l'Ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni nous annonce en ce moment la mort de Lady Margareth Thatcher.
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    droogiefretdroogiefret Posts: 24,117
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    breaking thread here
    Not confirmed yet though - are we sure the Twitter account is genuine?
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    VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    People are always dying on Twitter. Let's wait and see. If we wait long enough, though....
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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    Twitter's been hacked recently, so, maybe keep yourself in two minds about any news coming from there for the next day or so.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 68,508
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    Voynich wrote: »
    People are always dying on Twitter. Let's wait and see. If we wait long enough, though....

    Yes, Margaret Thatcher may even now be prancing throught the afterlife with Robert Mugabe, who died only a few weeks ago on twitter.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,014
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    Fake twitter account
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    Baboo YaguBaboo Yagu Posts: 5,803
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    Sad news if true. I very much doubt it is though.
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    RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    As far as I can see, the official Carla Bruni account only has 3 tweets and they are from 3 years back.
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    Red OkktoberRed Okktober Posts: 10,434
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    And Carla Bruni would have access to this information before anyone else in the UK because......?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,182
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    She can't be dead - noone's updated Wikipedia yet! :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 135
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    #11
    Another figure bites the dust.
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    SuperbassSuperbass Posts: 960
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    Oh well.
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    2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    Hmm. True or false?
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    yappyyappy Posts: 6,310
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    didnt no whether she was alive or dead to be honest but RIP anyways
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    RaptureRiderRaptureRider Posts: 1,806
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    Nothing on Sky News and they're usually pretty fast to report these things.

    Probably fake.
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    stargazer61stargazer61 Posts: 70,937
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    matthewhotdude wrote: »
    Possibly dead... but you know what twitter is like.

    Source is good though (unless she's been hacked)

    Carla Bruni Sarkozy ‏ @CBruniOfficial

    S.E.l'Ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni nous annonce en ce moment la mort de Lady Margareth Thatcher.

    FFS .......The BBC , Sky etc, would be first with the news not some fake twitter account............made worse by people reposting things so rumours grow.

    The damage these rumours can do is enormous. One famous man had distraught relatives and friends trying to phone his house thanks to a rumour spread on Twitter
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    VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    yappy wrote: »
    didnt no whether she was alive or dead to be honest but RIP anyways

    Do you know who she is?
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    LurkalotLurkalot Posts: 1,563
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    I'm a great admirer of the Iron Lady, I hope this is false.
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    BRGBRG Posts: 529
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    Why do people believe anything that is reported through Twitter when reputable news sources say nothing of the kind? It's a daily occurrence at work, "ooh such and such has happened, says so on Twitter". The first few times I can see people falling for it but when one is repeatedly fooled by 'stories' frome one outlet, why oh why do the same people fall for it time and again!

    As already pointed out, your inbuilt common sense o'meter would suggest that the wife of a French politician is unlikely to break such a British story.
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    yappyyappy Posts: 6,310
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    Voynich wrote: »
    Do you know who she is?

    yes margaret thatcher
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 32,379
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    Don't believe it.
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    MsWilder11MsWilder11 Posts: 13,498
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    Taking this with a very large pinch of salt.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 68,508
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    Radiomaniac wrote: »
    As far as I can see, the official Carla Bruni account only has 3 tweets and they are from 3 years back.

    :D That could be a clue.
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    tghe-retfordtghe-retford Posts: 26,449
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    I have a test for rumours like this:

    Deathlist: No
    Wikipedia: No
    Google News: No
    Twitter: Reported hoax
    Sickipedia: No

    Margaret Thatcher is not dead.

    EDIT: http://www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/ says not yet. There you go, she hasn't died.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    You're not dead until there is a red banner up there^^^
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,801
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    #26
    Those who slag Mrs Thatcher are usually the same ones who praise people like Livingstone and Scargill - therefore not to be taken too seriously.
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