In fact, Dr Hafiz Saleh Muhammad Alladin, a renowned astronomer and educational advisor to the former President, passed away on Monday following a brief illness. Some people confused the news for APJ Abdul Kalam's death and Twitter was flooded with tweets about his death and also those rebuffing the news.
A tweet from author Shobha De, paying homage to Kalam, further fanned fire. De later deleted the tweet and posted an apology for the gaffe. Apparently the story about Kalam's death started as an SMS and then made its way to Twitter and other social networking services.
Source: IBNlive
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