The latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax on Twitter is the pop diva, Madonna. Tweets saying "RIP Madonna" have been trending on Twitter for some time now and, predictably, has evoked varied responses.

Some of her fans were shocked on seeing the tweets; they must have been relieved to know it was only a hoax.

There is speculation the hoaxes started because her latest album - "Gimme All Your Luving" - did not come up to expectations. The titile song is expected to drop out of the Top 40 charts this week.

Meanwhile, a few of her fans believe this hoax was started by Lady Gaga's fans.

Apparently, ‘RIP Madonna’ is a trend that has been begun by fans of Lady Gaga, aka ‘little monsters’, in an act that is reminiscent of the revenge of the fallen.

Madonna and Lady Gaga were recently in news together after the latter imitated the Queen of Pop in a manner that was slammed as derogatory. And Lady Gaga’s fans have now unleashed their anger against Madonna by beginning a trend, ‘RIP Madonna’ on Twitter.

Some of the tweets read, “RIP Madonna? RIP your sense of humour.”; “RIP Madonna? stupid people. She`s still beautiful and strong at 53, can`t wait to see your fave at her age.”; and so on. Fans of both the artistes have lashed out at each other over the trend, and seems like it is here to stay for a while. And meanwhile, yes, the Queen of Pop is still around, and doing really well!