Death Hoax Of Tennis Legend Steffi Graf Goes Viral…
According to BOOM, the Steffi Graf death hoax was fueled by a screenshot of a phony website that purported to have news of her passing.
Many social media users have been duped by a bogus news article on a questionable news website that purports to have confirmed the passing of former tennis great Steffi Graf. Many people are sharing the article’s screenshot on social media, expressing shock and sadness over Steffi Graf’s untimely death.
However, BOOM discovered that sportybird247 is not a legitimate website, but rather clickbait. Furthermore, there are no verified reports of Graff’s passing or any documented medical conditions.
Steffi Graf, whose real name is Stefanie Maria Graf, is a 22-time grand slam tennis champion and former player. The German tennis player for women is wed to Andre Agassi, a former men’s tennis player. The couple has been married since 2001 and has two children together.
Facebook posts have used a screenshot of the story containing two of Steffi Graf’s pictures with Rest In Peace written on them. “SAD NEWS: Sefanie Maria Graf, German Former Tennis Star, Dies at Age 55**” is what the title says. The post goes on to say, “The tennis world laments the passing of Steffi Graf, the German tennis prodigy whose unmatched career enthralled fans worldwide, in an unexpected turn of events. Graf, 55, departed from this life.”
The post goes widespread on Whatsapp. BOOM also received the news piece with a verification request on its tipline number.
Next, we discovered the article with multiple red flags on sportybird247.com. Another questionable website likewise carried news of Graf’s passing under the following headline: SAD NEWS: Steffi Graf, a former tennis great, died at the age of 55. We discovered that the website posts jokes and other amusing information after clicking.
