Today was a sad day for Icelandic Ed Sheeran fans, or so they thought. It was mistakenly reported in an Icelandic newspaper that the highly acclaimed singer had died.
Sheeran’s face appeared in the Morgunblaðið newspaper alongside an obituary for an 82-year-old mechanic called Gunnari Sigurðsson.
Fans from the country took to Twitter after noticing the grave mistake pointing out the error.
One user wrote: “This obituary appeared in today’s @morgunbladid (Icelandic newspaper) I think someone might be getting fired today. #rip.”
Whilst another tweeted: “Hate to break it to u but Ed Sheeran is dead. It also turns out he is a 82 year old Icelandic man called Svavar. Ed Sheeran was apperantly only his stage name…. #ripsvavarsheeran“
Check out the tweets below.
This obituary appeared in today’s @morgunbladid (Icelandic newspaper) I think someone might be getting fired today. #rip @edsheeran pic.twitter.com/Ksf9G3HhA5
— Ósk (@oskpeturs) January 25, 2018
Hate to break it to u but Ed Sheeran is dead. It also turns out he is a 82 year old Icelandic man called Svavar. Ed Sheeran was apperantly only his stage name…. #ripsvavarsheeran pic.twitter.com/gxXuccmU2h
— Ari_music (@AriGudmundsson) January 25, 2018
@edsheeran there was an obituary on @morgunbladid and a picture of you?just thought you wanted to know(I can’t with this?) pic.twitter.com/sGsJmpjLQh
— Hanna (@Hanna_Olafsd) January 25, 2018
The ‘Shape Of You‘ singer made headlines last weekend when the news was announced that he and his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn were engaged. Check out their announcement photo here.
Earlier this month a man who works at an Asda in Manchester has made headlines this week due to his uncanny resemblance to the singer.
