On Monday, news of the death of Kirstie Alley was confirmed by her children, True and Lillie Parker. According to her children, the actor, 71, died due to "cancer, only recently discovered," as they wrote in a statement. Yet as Vice reports, "within minutes of Alley's death being announced," far-right conspiracy groups had used social media platforms to spread misinformation about her death.
Vice wrote, "On the QAnon message board the Great Awakening, members concluded that the sudden nature of Alley's death was a clear sign that her death was part of a global plot to silence critics of the COVID vaccines."
