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Fact Check: Social media posts on playback singer Udit Narayan's demise are FALSE

Udit Narayan, an Indian playback singer, rendered his voice for hundreds of film songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and other languages. He won several awards for his songs. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan for his contribution to music.

By 10 Oct 2022 7:34 AM GMT
Fact Check: Social media posts on playback singer Udit Narayans demise are FALSE

Udit Narayan, an Indian playback singer, rendered his voice for hundreds of film songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and other languages. He won several awards for his songs. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan for his contribution to music.

Images of the singer are being shared on the social media claiming that he died due to heart attack. The claim was viral on October 6, 2022. The captions on the viral posts read "RIP Udit Narayan", "Udit Narayan died of a heart attack", and "Heartbreaking News: Popular Singer Udit Narayan Jha died today due to heart attack. Rest in peace legend".

Some users shared his images with his full name Udit Narayan Jha.



Fact check:

The news about Bollywood singer Udit Narayan is FALSE. The singer is in good health.

When searched with the keywords "Udit Narayan", "RIP Udit Narayan", we found several news articles rubbishing the reports.

According to economictimes.indiatimes.com, Narayan's manager reacted to the news and confirmed that the singer was healthy and did not suffer any heart attack. He also said that the singer was extremely upset about the news. "I don't know where all of a sudden, this news is coming from. Phone calls are coming continuously. I had a conversation with Udit ji last night after seeing the messages trending on Twitter. He was very upset (sic)," the manager was quoted while speaking to a news daily.

Other sources also shared the same news, they also added that the manager revealed the source of rumours could be traced to Nepal, as several messages that were circulated had the code number of that country.

https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/celebrity/fact-check-udit-narayan-did-not-suffer-from-heart-attack-his-manager-reveals-singer-is-very-upset-bollywood-news-entertainment-news-article-94676572

https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/singer-udit-narayan-heart-attack-news-viral-on-social-media-know-about-his-health?pageId=3

https://www.tv9marathi.com/entertainment/udit-narayan-had-heart-attack-know-about-his-health-condition-and-truth-behind-the-rumour-au163-812408.html

Recent news reports also state that the singer is one of the recipients of "Pride of the Nation Award 2022". Asia Today Research & Media held their 'Pride Of Nation Awards 2022' in which they honoured the achievers from all walks of life who have made the country proud and demonstrated their excellence in India and around the world. Along with actress Jayaprada and actor Kabir Bedi, Udit Narayan also received the award this year.

https://origin.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/udit-narayan-jaya-prada-kabir-bedi-amongst-the-recipients-of-pride-of-nation-awards-2022-23249404

Therefore, the news about the demise of Indian playback singer Udit Narayan is a hoax. The singer is healthy. The claim is FALSE.

Claim :   Udit Narayan died of a heart attack
Claimed By :  Facebook Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Facebook
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - Images of the singer are being shared on the social media claiming that he died due to heart attack. The claim was viral on October 6, 2022.
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A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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