{"id":3008,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3008"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"TRUE---Country-Music-Legend-Merle-Haggard-Has-Died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"TRUE &#8211; Country Music Legend Merle Haggard Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCirculating messages claim that country music \u00a0legend Merle Haggard has died.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSadly, the claims are true. Merle Haggard passed away on his birthday, April 6, 2016 at age 79.  \u00a0The news has been <a title=\"Merle Haggard, revered US country singer, dies on his 79th birthday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/merle-haggard-revered-us-country-singer-dies-on-his-79th-birthday-20160407-go092w.html\">confirmed by many credible news<\/a> and entertainment outlets. He died of complications related to \u00a0pneumonia while at his \u00a0home in Northern California.  \u00a0Merle Haggard recorded a string of country music hits over a \u00a0long career that started in the 1960&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>A CNN article about the star&#8217;s passing <a title=\"Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/04\/06\/entertainment\/merle-haggard-country-music-dies\/\">notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Haggard recorded more than three dozen No. 1 country hits in a musical career that spanned six decades, from the 1960s into the 2010s. He overcame an early life of petty crime and a prison term in San Quentin to develop a rugged, outlaw image that helped sell millions of records.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tributes immediately began pouring in from the country music world and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You may ask \u00a0why I have \u00a0included \u00a0this true story here? Because of the number of callous and nasty <a title=\"Death Hoaxes - Celebrity Death Rumours\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/death-hoaxes.shtml\">celebrity death hoaxes<\/a> that circulate via social media, many people now tend to be doubtful when they see posts on their social media feeds announcing the death of a celebrity. This <a title=\"Don't Get Caught by Celebrity Death Hoaxes and Scams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/guide-to-celebrity-death-hoaxes-scams.shtml\">caution is warranted<\/a>. Some of the false celebrity death stories are like-farming or survey scams.  \u00a0Others \u00a0try to trick people into visiting clickbait websites or downloading malware.<\/p>\n<p>But, in this case, the story is true. If a celebrity death report comes your way, you can easily confirm its veracity by searching a news portal such as Google News. If the celebrity really has died, his or her passing will be widely reported by legitimate news outlets.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1538\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-1538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1538\" data-attachment-id=\"1538\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/true-country-music-legend-merle-haggard-has-died\/merle_haggard_in_concert_2013\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1066\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013.jpg\" alt=\"Merle Haggard \" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Merle_Haggard_in_concert_2013-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Jeremy Luke Roberts [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: \u00a0April 7, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: \u00a0April 7, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79\" href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2016\/04\/06\/entertainment\/merle-haggard-country-music-dies\/\">Merle Haggard, country music legend, dies at 79<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Merle Haggard, revered US country singer, dies on his 79th birthday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/merle-haggard-revered-us-country-singer-dies-on-his-79th-birthday-20160407-go092w.html\">Merle Haggard, revered US country singer, dies on his 79th birthday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/true-country-music-legend-merle-haggard-has-died\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/true-country-music-legend-merle-haggard-has-died\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Circulating messages claim that country music \u00a0legend Merle Haggard has died. Analysis: Sadly, the claims are true. Merle Haggard passed away on his birthday, April 6, 2016 at age 79. \u00a0The news has been confirmed by many credible news and entertainment outlets. He died of complications related to \u00a0pneumonia while at his \u00a0home in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}