claim: In July 2017, Don Moen died of "stomach pain".
origin: On 12 July 2017, the HoustonChronicle-TV web site published an entirely fake story, reporting that American gospel singer and pastor Don Moen had died after a â€œshort illnessâ€: < American singer-songwriter, Evangelist Don Moen has died after [a] short battle with stomach pain. His family confirmed that he died early this morning at General Acute Care (GAC) Hospital in California barely [a] couple of hours after he was rushed to the hospital.Â > The article is riddled with errors and fabrications, such as Californiaâ€™s â€œGeneral Acute Care Hospitalâ€, which does not exist, and a fake tribute from President Donald Trump. Moenâ€™sÂ collaborator â€” Â Nigerian Christian Contemporary music artist Frank Edwards â€”Â confirmed the report is a hoax, tweeting a screenshot of a text message sent by Moenâ€™s son Michael, who wrote: < Dad is great and it good health. That article is false and just trying to get people to click thru [sic] to their website. Iâ€™ll have dad post something on social media shortly so people know. > < PLS IGNORE THIS FAKE NEWS!!! Don moen @donmoen is VERY ALIVE AND HEALTHY ?? pic.twitter.com/UcIqQs2AGA â€” FRANK EDWARDS (@FRANKRICHBOY) July 12, 2017 > Â On the day the fake article was published,Â Moen posted to Facebook. The story itself contains several hallmarks of being fake: an invented hospital; a dubious cause of death (â€œstomach painâ€) is followed by the contradictory claim that the cause of death was â€œnot immediately knownâ€; a quote from Donald Trump is not attributed to any source; a quote from the pastor T.D. Jakes is attributed to â€œlocal mediaâ€ but no specific source is named. HoustonChronicle-TV.com is not in any way associated with the Houston Chronicle newspaper.Â Â Â Â