Trust these social media goons! On July 20, someone spread the news on a website that popular star Miley Cyrus had passed away. As per the hoax, the singer died at her home due to an overdose. And it happened on the weekend. The big boo-boo that the wrongdoer committed was that while giving the details about her death, s/he mentioned ‘country singer’ Miley Cyrus found overdosed this morning. Everyone knows she’s not a country singer (she can never be). Thankfully, no one took major notice of the sham report and it was taken off the website. Miley C is alive and twerking.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, August 3rd, 2014

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