Immortal.
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Do you believe in life after death?
I believe that several fans of singing icon Cher have had such beliefs bolstered by events that occurred today on Twitter.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away today.
She was admired and derided in almost equal measure. Some adored how she assaulted entrenched British institutions with her handbag. Others thought she was a petty and divisive shopkeeper's daughter.
One Web site that espoused the latter view is called Is Thatcher Dead Yet? It rather looked forward to her passing to the Safeway in the sky.
So when her death was announced, it immediately created the hashtag #nowthatchersdead.
This gained some traction in Twitterworld. Sadly, though, some fans of the underrated actress and all-around shiny being read the hashtag a little too quickly.
Yes, they believed that Cher was dead.
Grief glittered the Twitterscape.
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