Earlier last week, Ric Flair was hospitalized for a medical procedure, but some online spread rumors that the wrestling legend died.
One tweet from a fake WWE account, @WWEUmiverse, read, “@WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has passed away at age 70.”
The post was retweeted more than 5,000 times and had racked up more than 10,000 likes in just hours Thursday.
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Offset-one third of Migos, hasn’t taken kindly to false reports that Ric Flair passed away.
The Migos rapper took to Twitter on Friday morning and had a message for blogs, writing, “RIC FLAIR IS NOT DEAD U DUMB ASS BLOGS,” and “GOD IS WITH HIM HE HAS NOT PASSED AWAY.”
RIC FLAIR IS NOT DEAD U DUMB ASS BLOGS WTF U GETTING YOUR INFO FROM JIST TALKED TO MY MAN GOD IS WITH HIM HE HAS NOT PASSED AWAY STUPID ASS MF DONT WISH DEATH ON MY FRIEND HE HAD A LONG LIFE AND HE DONE IT ALL SOME BAD BUT MAJORITY GOOD HE IS A LEGEND GOD BLESS YOU RIC GET WELL
— OFFSET (@OffsetYRN) May 17, 2019
On Thursday, news emerged that Flair had been hospitalized after suffering a medical emergency in Atlanta. At first, details were scarce but the situation was labeled “very serious,” according to TMZ. Conflicting reports said that the graveness of Flair’s hospitalization was overstated by the website, and that Flair was in the hospital for a planned procedure.
Later that evening, it was revealed that Flair is expected to make a full recovery, according to his wife Wendy Barlow, who spoke to TMZ about her husband’s condition. “Due to ongoing health complications, Ric was taken to the hospital and is expected to undergo a procedure tomorrow morning, after which he expects to fully recover,” she said.
The legendary wrestler had been on an upswing since a health scare in 2017. That August, Flair was hospitalized for kidney and congestive heart failure brought on by years of alcohol abuse. The wrestler clearly viewed the scare as a wake-up call, vowing at the time to give up drinking entirely.