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On 4 April 2018, a web site reported that Grammy Award-winning singer Toni Braxton had passed away at age 50 of as yet undetermined causes: The web site reporting this information was highly dubious, as it was labeled with no identifying name other than REPORTS and hosted under an ersatz domain name intended to mimic that of the CNN news network (breaking-cnn.com): Indeed, this news about Braxton's passing was just another celebrity death hoax. Although the singer has been hospitalized in the past for medical issues related to lupus, no legitimate news organization has reported her death, nor has either of Braxton's official Facebook or Twitter accounts made any mention of her passing. That this report of Braxton's death is mere misinformation is not surprising, as the REPORTS site at breaking-cnn.com is a known purveyor a fake news, including previous death hoaxes about singers such as Marilyn Manson and Phil Collins.
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