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José Luis Perales denies his death: "I am more alive than ever"

8/7/2023, 9:04:12 PM

Highlights: Several Twitter accounts and portals known for the dissemination of 'fake news' have caused alarm. The accounts are linked to different social media accounts, most of them linked to websites in South America. The sites claim to have been set up to spread fake news about the death of singer-songwriter José Luis Perales, who died of a heart attack last week. The singer himself says he is 'happier than ever' and that he will see his family again soon.

Several Twitter accounts and portals known for the dissemination of 'fake news' have caused alarm in Cuenca for reporting the death of the singer-songwriter José Luis...


Several Twitter accounts and portals known for the dissemination of 'fake news' have caused alarm in Cuenca for reporting the death of singer-songwriter José Luis Perales, an extreme that has been denied by the singer himself.

"I speak to you from London, a wonderful place where I have spent a few days with my children and my wife. Someone, with a bad idea, has said that I have died, and I am more alive than ever, happier than ever, and tomorrow we will be seeing each other in Spain, "he said through Twitter.

The composer, who lives in Castejón (Cuenca), was the victim of a hoax for the spread of false news in which he was left for dead after dying of a heart attack. The post appeared on different social media accounts, most of them linked to websites in South America.

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