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CNN's New Day morning show apologized for a breaking news Twitter post that was sent from its account on Friday that incorrectly stated that Brazilian soccer legend Pele had died.
The account posted a breaking news tweet to its 55,000 followers stating that Brazilian soccer star Pele had died at age 74. The tweet was deleted (not before Circa editor-in-chief Anthony De Rosa flagged the item, seen below) and the account subsequently sent two tweets noting that Pele's rep had stated that he was "alive and very well."
A CNN spokesperson tells THR that the breaking news tweet was not the result of a hack.