CNN Tweeted that Pele is Dead (He Isn’t)

CNN’s ‘New Day’ Twitter account inaccurately tweeted this morning that the 73-year-old Brazilian soccer player, Pele, who many considered the greatest footballer of all-time, had died.

CNN inaccurately declares Brazilian soccer legend Pele dead pic.twitter.com/H2tjM36xnq

— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) March 28, 2014

Go home, CNN, you’re drunk.

#Pele representative tells CNN he is alive and very well.

— New Day (@NewDay) March 28, 2014

[Extra Mustard][@AntDeRosa]