Reporter tweets that Carlos Santana is dead, ruins musician’s daughter’s day

Stella Santana’s Wednesday was ruined after a reporter said on Twitter that her dad Carlos Santana was dead.

Stella Santana was reacting to the following tweet sent out by CBC reporter Chris Walker:

Walker has since deleted the tweets and corrected himself:

He also apologized.

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‘Team Santana’ cleared up any lingering doubt…

… and the incident may have led to a reunion between Stella and her father.

Meanwhile, the RCMP announced Wednesday morning that a missing senior named German Santana was dead. Osoyoos RCMP put out a media release Tuesday asking the public to be on the look out for the 65 year old who left Osoyoos on Sunday and never made it to his destination.