Fans were a little confused.
This year has been tragic in terms of how many celebrities we’ve lost. However, with the high number of notable deaths comes plenty of death hoaxes and mix ups.
Buckingham palace was forced to clarify that the Queen was alive after a fake BBC Twitter account announced that she was dead this week.
This was after a Sony account was hacked and posted a Tweet which said the Britney Spears had passed away. This was thankfully quickly debunked.
And now,Disney star Debby Ryan has had to clear up a bit of confusion on Twitter of the same nature.
84-year-old Debbie Reynolds sadly passed away just a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher.
Somewhere along the tributes, some people miss-read the name of the person who had died and thought it was the Disney actress.
https://twitter.com/bonniechase_/status/742601106786779136
I cant believe Debby Ryan is dead… 2016 has been the worst year ever😰😰 #DebbieReynolds pic.twitter.com/fDkMbwAvbW
— Rishon (@riflop) December 29, 2016
juan thought debby ryan was dead
— estella havisham (@aletseatipul) December 29, 2016
Debby Ryan died?? Omg
— nath (@nathuin) December 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/yunggrumpybear/status/814675080059887620
https://twitter.com/Boxed_Cereal/status/814515823377350658
Omg I can't believe that 2016 took away Debby Ryan too. Rip girl, I will always be Jessie's #1 fan. 😩😢 pic.twitter.com/WJnhYz9KTI
— shania (@sj_peralta) December 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/LoveSnowyFoxes/status/814602121387581442
The Jessie actress was forced to clear things up on her own account.
https://twitter.com/DebbyRyan/status/814351018179887104