Recently there have been a number of Facebook pages that have suggested that the singer has died in various different accidents and now she has finally spoken out about her disgust at such claims and the impact it has on her family.

She said in a recent interview: "Many years ago I [apparently] killed myself in my own garage. Don't ask me why I don't want to be a part of the showbiz industry!

"Sometimes it's freaky because I have to call my family about it. I was celebrating the birthday of my twins in Montreal and I was getting these phone calls saying there was stuff on Facebook that I was dead.

"The thing that worries me is my mum. It makes me a little mad - she's 86 years old and if I'm not on the phone telling her I'm OK four seconds after it's on the news… it doesn't matter what they say, it's the impact it has on your family.”

One of the recent reports claimed she had died in a car crash while another said that she was involved in a plane crash.