The RIPTaylor trend isn't for Taylor Swift FFS...not all trends are for famous people...
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Kelsey Horan (@VibesFor1D) July 16, 2012Wait, the world doesn’t revolve around celebrities? Are you sure?
19 year old, @taylorrr201, died today at Warped Tour. Prayers going out to her family and friends. #RIPTaylor #WarpedTour—
Al Rising (@xALDOODx) July 16, 2012
On Sunday, a woman died at a Warped Tour concert in Ontario. Although no official information has been released, Twitter users reported that the woman was 19-year-old Taylor Nesseth and #RIPTaylor began trending.
#RIPTaylor, the girl who died today at Warped during Chelsea Grin's set.—
Aaron (@infernoxred) July 16, 2012
Naturally, Twitterers assumed that their favorite celebrity Taylors were dead.
#RIPTaylor? Taylor who? Taylor Gang, Taylor Swift or Taylor Lautner?—
Irene Theamar ♔ (@irenealmeron) July 16, 2012
#RIPTaylor Taylor Swift died.—
Muneera♥ (@EmManna3iSays) July 16, 2012
#RIPtaylor, Taylor Swift dead?—
Christoff Swanepoel (@Christoffs) July 16, 2012
Nope, it wasn’t Taylor Swift.
OMG !! i thought it was taylor lautner who died in #RIPTaylor !! whew !! but its @taylorrr201 !! #RIPTaylor :'( this was incredibly sad !!—
Mary Grace Perez (@PCAC4everamen) July 16, 2012
Sigh. Not Taylor Lautner either.
The presumably older, but not necessarily wiser crowd also misinterpreted the #RIPTaylor hashtag.
Oh no, did rip taylor die? #riptaylor—
stefan (@boring_as_heck) July 16, 2012
I thought #RIPTaylor meant Rip Taylor died and people were getting clever with it… turns out it's another nobody no one's ever heard of.—
Jay of the Dead (@JayoftheDead) July 16, 2012
When I saw the hashtag #RIPTaylor appear, I thought Rip Taylor had passed away.—
Richter (@IAmRichter) July 16, 2012
Apparently no one assumed it was Taylor Dayne or Taylor Hicks.
As celebrity death rumors swirled, the Twitterverse paid respects to the late Taylor Nesseth.
My thoughts and prayers go out to @taylorrr201 family and loved ones. so incredibly sad
She passed away today at Warped Tour #riptaylor—
Meghan Camarena (@Strawburry17) July 16, 2012
19 year old, @taylorrr201, died today at Warped Tour. Prayers going out to her family and friends. #RIPTaylor #WarpedTour—
Al Rising (@xALDOODx) July 16, 2012
#RIPTaylor I know she's not in our fanbase, but this girl died in Toronto today at the Warped tour. Her last tweet was about going. So sad.—
♔ (@TommoLegendson) July 16, 2012
The Warped Tour’s official account tweeted:
With regards to today’s events in Toronto, we will release an official statement on vanswarpedtour.com when we have all of the details.—
(@VansWarpedTour) July 16, 2012
But the Twitterverse rumor mill is still grinding away.
A teen died at Warped Tour today after a member of deathcore band Chelsea Grin threw a bowling ball into the audience #RIPTaylor—
Löwenäffchen (@Lowenaffchen) July 16, 2012
The band Chelsea Grin killed a girl at Warped Tour by throwing a bowling ball into the crowd.—
dog balls, M.D. (@N0T0RI0US_BIG) July 16, 2012
please boycott band "Chelsea Grin." they threw a bowling ball into the crowd at Warped and killed someone!!!—
V★REX (@ABigBagOfKeys) July 16, 2012
So Chelsea Grin can throw bowling balls at pregnant teenage women and the police don't even arrest them? This world is so corrupt #RIPTaylor—
donald (@donald_ebooks) July 16, 2012
Chelsea Grin responded to the rumors:
Our hearts go out to the person who died today. We still don't know everything that happened but it's no time for jokes on our page.—
Chelsea Grin (@ChelseaGrinUT) July 15, 2012
Police say Nesseth’s death was probably due to a medical issue.
