{
  "id": 12184945,
  "title": "Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy Posts Then Deletes Her Own Obituary Graphic As A “Prank”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/giant-drags-annie-hardy-posts-then-deletes-her-own-obituary-graphic",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T15:50:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2513582/giant-drags-annie-hardy-posts-then-deletes-her-own-obituary-graphic-as-a-prank/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Giant Drag's Annie Hardy played a messed up joke. News of Hardy's death circulated the internet Sunday after an obituary graphic was posted on her Instagram, Facebook, and Threads accounts. It featured the words \"RIP Annie Hardy\" and \"June 5, 1981 - Oct 3, 2026\" above a photo that musician Joel Jerome wrote in the Instagram comments that he took her of playing his drums. The post Giant Drag’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}