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Joni Mitchell is very much alive.
On Friday morning, an erroneous report from People magazine claimed that the 78-year-old Canadian music icon had died, but her record label cleared up the confusion.
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“I can confirm all is well so this was done in error,” a representative for Rhino told Variety.
The label is currently working with Mitchell on a re-issue of her catalog recordings.
The People article, which was quickly pulled from the site, appeared to be a pre-written obituary, including passages with missing information, including the headline, which read, “Joni Mitchell Dies at TK AGE.”
“TK” is a common journalism term for “to come.”
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Mitchell has faced significant health issues in recent years, including suffering a brain aneurysm rupture in 2015.
Over the summer, though, she performed a full set led by Brandi Carlile at the Newport Folk Festival, with videos from the concert going viral online.
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suffering a debilitating brain aneurysm that temporarily left her unable to walk or talk.The 10-time Grammy winner thrilled fans as she performed more than a dozen of her hit tracks at Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in July — seven years after the life-threatening health emergency.“I can confirm all is well so this was done in error,” a representative for music company Rhino, which is working with Mitchell, told The Post on Friday.However, the mistaken obit was pushed out on Apple News and jolted social media.I think it is wrong (or they're getting info she is gonna die soon) because "TK age" looks like a shell. If she had died, her age would be the easiest detail to pinpoint.
Joni Mitchell is alive and well.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Although a news report went out Friday morning — and then was pulled — that Joni Mitchell had died, the story was published in error, and the singer-songwriter remains alive and well. “I can confirm all is well so this was done in error,” says a representative for Rhino, which is involved with Mitchell in an ongoing reissue series of her catalog material. The faux report went out from People magazine, with tell-tale signs of a “pre-write” obituary that was published accidentally — every major news organization’s worst nightmare. “Joni Mitchell Dies at TK AGE,” read the headline that was seen on the magazine’s website as well as in a tweet, the “TK” meaning “to come” in journalistic parlance. The story itself also included editorial notes indicating details that needed to be filled in.
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