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Published 11:45 8 Oct 2016 BST
Updated 11:51 8 Oct 2016 BST
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Rigobert Song in action for Liverpool (Image credit: Michael Steele /Allsport)[/caption]
On Tuesday, Dr Mafok said Song had "come out of his coma and the oxygen has been disconnected".
He added: "His high blood pressure has returned to normal and the cerebral haemorrhage has been controlled".
But on Friday, word started to spread on social media that Song had died. It appears to have been started by a report on the website African News Today, which claimed he had passed away in France after suffering a stroke.
The site even quoted his 'brother' Alex Song as saying “Our beloved passed on this morning. At this moment the family is bereaved.”
Of course, Alex Song, the former Arsenal, Barcelona and West Ham midfielder, is not Rigobert's brother, but his nephew.
No other outlet reported the news and now African sports journalist Gary Al-Smith, who has worked for the BBC and CNN among others, reported this morning that Song is NOT dead and was even able to speak.
https://twitter.com/garyalsmith/status/784680238575935488
He added:
https://twitter.com/garyalsmith/status/784682002616311808
Song had a long professional career in France, England, Germany and Turkey.
He also played 137 times for Cameroon.
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