Fact Check: Photo of Cricketer David Miller’s fan, who lost her life to cancer, viral with fake claim
Vishvas News in its investigation found that this claim is false. It is true that the girl in the picture has died due to cancer, but it is wrong that the girl was David Miller’s daughter. The girl in the picture was a fan of David Miller, not his daughter.
- By: Pallavi Mishra
- Published: Oct 10, 2022 at 11:56 AM
- Updated: Jul 6, 2023 at 02:10 PM
New Delhi Vishvas News. A picture is going viral on various social media platforms in which a baby girl can be seen with South African batsman David Miller. It is being claimed in the post that this girl was the daughter of David Miller who passed away due to cancer. Vishvas News in its investigation found that this claim is false. It is true that the girl in the picture has died due to cancer, but it is wrong that the girl was David Miller’s daughter. The girl in the picture was a fan of David Miller, not his daughter.
What’s in the viral post?
Sharing this picture, many people are claiming “The heartbreaking news is that David Miller’s daughter has died of cancer.RIP Princess.”
See the archive link of the post here.
Investigation
To investigate this post, we resorted to keyword search. We found many news reports about this girl. According to the news report published on Jagran.com on October 8, “Translated: A little fan of David Miller has passed away. He informed this by sharing a video on social media. He shared a video with his fan on his official Insta account. While sharing, he wrote ‘RIP my dear rockstar, love you always.”
David Miller also posted on his Instagram about this loss.
We got many news items about this. According to the news reports, this girl was a big fan of David Miller and her name was ‘Ane’.
We spoke to sports journalist Syed Hussain about this. He said “This girl was not Miller’s daughter but his fan.”
Sports journalist Viplav Kumar also confirmed that “the girl was a fan, not Miller’s daughter.”
Dainik Jagran’s sports journalist Abhishek Tripathi also confirmed that the girl was not David Miller’s daughter, but his little fan.
Many people are sharing this post. One of these is a user named Yash Srikanth. The user has 2,426 followers on Facebook.
Conclusion: Vishvas News in its investigation found that this claim is false. It is true that the girl in the picture has died due to cancer, but it is wrong that the girl was David Miller’s daughter. The girl in the picture was a fan of David Miller, not his daughter.
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