10 people who thought Robbie Williams died

Cape Town – With the sad news of actor Robin Williams' death, Twitter was quickly trending with messages of condolences to the brilliant actor. The hashtags #RobinWilliams and #RIPRobinWilliams were used by many as we mourned a great loss.

But as social media goes, a lot of people got hold of the wrong hashtag and were tweeting messages about the death of #RobbieWilliams.

Here are 10 fans who mistakenly tweeted their condolences to singer Robbie Williams instead of actor Robin Williams:

1)

#RIPRobbieWilliams I loved you in Take That and Angels was my favourite song.

— Souperman (@magicaltaxi) August 12, 2014

2)

Robbie Williams is dead...! He's now an #angels instead #neverforget #tt #robbiewilliams

— alec macknight (@alecmacknight) August 12, 2014

3)

I can't belive that #RobbieWilliams Is #gone. It feels in our hearts & spirits we will remember him with laughter and love!

— Sue lillan (@Chicchai83) August 12, 2014

4)

Sad to hear #RobbieWilliams Rest in Peace

— Marcin Negatyw (@KingGorski) August 12, 2014

5)

Gutted to hear sad news about ex take that singer #robbiewilliams #sadloss

— Patelvis (@mrpatelvis) August 12, 2014

6)

#Rip #robbiewilliams #angels

— San Buca (@san_buca) August 12, 2014

7)

He's with the Angels now. RIP #RobbieWilliams

— PF (@PeterFearns) August 12, 2014

8)

Yes, you entertained us and now you're loving angels instead. #RIPRobbieWilliams

— James (@_StifflersDad) August 12, 2014

9)

Won't be able to listen to take that the same anymore #RIPRobbieWilliams

— Rick Nicholson (@RickNicho) August 12, 2014

10)

Alas, me dreams of a Take That reformation are in tatters #RIPRobbieWilliams

— Gurch Best (@Big_G_aroo) August 12, 2014

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