Claim: Singer and actress Demi Lovato passed away in August 2018.
Verdict: REFUTES

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title: Demi Lovato
text: Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children's television series "Barney & Friends" as a child, she received her breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film "Camp Rock" (2008) and its sequel "" (2010). Since signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato has released six studio albums, including "Don't Forget" (2008), "Here We Go Again" (2009), "Unbroken" (2011), "Demi" (2013), "Confident" (2015), and "Tell Me You Love Me" (2017). Lovato earned seven top 20 entries on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart: "This

title: Demi Lovato
text: of you and doing the job that I wish I could do'." She has written multiple songs about him. Patrick died of cancer on June 22, 2013, at age 53. After his death, Lovato said that he had been mentally ill, and in his honor she created the Lovato Treatment Scholarship Program. Lovato had suffered from depression, an eating disorder, self-harm, and being bullied before she went into rehab at the age of 18. On November 1, 2010, Lovato withdrew from the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert tour, entering a treatment facility for "physical and emotional issues". It was reported

title: Demi Lovato
text: and alcohol problems. On June 21, 2018, Lovato released "Sober" in which she revealed she had relapsed after six years of sobriety. On July 24, 2018, she was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after emergency services were called to her home due to an opioid overdose. She was reported to be stable and recovering later in the day. Lovato was reported to have overdosed on oxycodone laced with fentanyl and was revived with naloxone. Lovato is an active supporter of gay rights. When the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down in June 2013, she tweeted:

title: Demi Lovato
text: Health Awareness Day in Washington, D.C.. She has also become an advocate for the LGBT community. In 2014, she became the face for the Human Rights Campaign's Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign. In April 2016, Lovato was honored with the GLAAD Vanguard Award for her activism. Lovato was born on August 20, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Dianna De La Garza (née Dianna Lee Smith) and engineer and musician Patrick Martin Lovato. She has an older sister named Dallas; a younger maternal half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza; and an older paternal half-sister named Amber,

title: Demi Lovato
text: (2013) and a YouTube documentary about her life and career, "Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated" (2017). Lovato is a pop, pop rock, and R&B artist. Lovato has received a number of accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, 13 Teen Choice Awards, five People's Choice Awards, an ALMA Award, and a Latin American Music Award. Outside the entertainment industry, Lovato has been involved with several social and environmental causes since the launch of her career. In May 2013, she was cited for her dedication as a mentor to teens and young adults with mental health challenges at a National Children's Mental

title: Demi Lovato
text: to violence-scarred young people living around Kirkuk and Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Headlining Co-headlining Promotional Opening act Demi Lovato has won several awards, including an award at the MTV Video Music Awards, one award at the ALMA Awards, five People's Choice Awards, a "Billboard" Women in Music award, a Guinness World Record and fourteen Teen Choice Awards. Lovato has received two Grammy Award nominations, four "Billboard" Music Awards nominations and a Brit Award nomination. Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children's television series "Barney &

title: Demi Lovato discography
text: Demi Lovato discography American entertainer Demi Lovato has released six studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), and thirty-three singles (eleven as a featured artist). Prior to launching her music career, Lovato starred in the Disney Channel musical television film "Camp Rock", which first aired on June 20, 2008. Lovato's duet with Joe Jonas, "This Is Me", was released as a single from the film's accompanying soundtrack and peaked at number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and inside the top twenty in several international markets. After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato released her debut solo single, "Get Back", which peaked

title: Demi Lovato
text: Is Me", "Here We Go Again", "Skyscraper", "Give Your Heart a Break", "Heart Attack", "Cool for the Summer", and "Sorry Not Sorry". Of her television credits, Lovato starred as the titular character on "Sonny with a Chance" from 2009 to 2011; was featured as a judge and mentor on the American version of "The X Factor" in 2012 and 2013; and appeared as a recurring character on "Glee". Her struggles with bipolar disorder, addiction, an eating disorder, and self-harm received significant media attention in the 2010s, in response to which she published the book "Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year"

title: Demi Lovato
text: range is astounding." She went on to further describe her vocals as "spectacular." On her 18th birthday, Lovato bought a Mediterranean-style house in Los Angeles, California; however, she decided to live in a "sober house" in Los Angeles after leaving rehab in January 2011. Lovato was romantically linked to "Camp Rock" co-star Joe Jonas during her time as a Disney Channel star, but revealed years later that they only dated for "a month or two" in 2010. From 2010 to 2016, Lovato was in a relationship with actor Wilmer Valderrama. In the summer of 2016, Lovato began dating UFC mixed

title: Demi Lovato
text: was cited for her dedication as a mentor to teens and young adults with mental-health problems at a National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington. In late June 2013 Lovato announced the creation of the Lovato Treatment Scholarship Program, named for her late father, to pay treatment costs for mentally-ill patients. In August 2013, she traveled to Kenya for her 21st birthday to participate in a program of the international charity organization Free the Children. In May 2014, Lovato was named the LA Pride Parade Grand Marshal and the

title: Demi (album)
text: was released as the album's second single on July 16, 2013. Lovato performed the song live at several concerts including the 2013 edition of Wango Tango on May 11, 2013 and "Good Morning America"'s "Summer Concert Series" on June 28. The music video was released on July 17, 2013. It peaked at number 80 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, managed to peak within the top 20 in Lebanon, as well at number 40 on the US Mainstream Top 40 and number 45 on the US Digital Songs charts. "Neon Lights" was released as the album's third single on November

title: Demi Lovato: Stay Strong
text: in 2010. Several years later in her YouTube documentary about her life and career, "Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated" (2017), Lovato admitted to being dishonest about the outcome of her initial treatment in "Demi Lovato: Stay Strong", and also revealed that she was in fact under the influence of cocaine while being interviewed about her sobriety for the documentary film. Lovato had suffered from depression, an eating disorder, self-harm and being bullied before she went into rehab at the age of 18. On November 1, 2010, she left the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert World Tour, entering a treatment facility for

title: Demi Lovato
text: Mind Gala, which recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues. Lovato partnered with Fabletics in May 2017 on limited edition activewear collection. The collaboration was in support of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign to fund programs "for some of the world's most marginalized adolescent girls." On September 23, 2017, Lovato was named a Global Citizen ambassador for championing the mental health of thousands of children displaced within Iraq and other communities. Lovato and Global Citizen will fund the expansion of a Save the Children pilot program, Healing and Education through the Arts,

title: Demi Lovato
text: July 21, 2009; she described its acoustic style as similar to that of John Mayer. The album received favorable reviews from critics who appreciated its enjoyable pop-rock elements, echoing reviews of "Don't Forget". Lovato's first number-one album, it debuted atop the "Billboard" 200 with first-week sales of 108,000 copies. Before its release, she began her Summer Tour 2009. The album's lead single, "Here We Go Again" peaked at number 59 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and managed to peak at number 15, becoming Lovato's highest peaking solo single at the time, The song peaked at number 68 on the Canadian

title: Demi Lovato: Live in Concert
text: Demi Lovato: Live in Concert Demi Lovato: Live in Concert (also known as the Summer Tour 2009) was the first headlining concert tour by American singer Demi Lovato, in support of her first two studio albums "Don't Forget" (2008) and "Here We Go Again" (2009). The national tour began as the Summer Tour, on June 21, 2009, and ended August 21, 2009, covering a total of 40 cities. David Archuleta served as the special guest for the entire tour except for some tour dates at state fairs when David had concerts outside of this tour. David also scheduled solo shows

title: Demi Lovato: Stay Strong
text: nervous breakdown" and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during her treatment. Lovato later added that she had used cocaine several times a day and smuggled cocaine onto airplanes. After finishing her treatment, Lovato returned to work on her third album in February 2011. In April 2011, Lovato announced she was leaving "Sonny with a Chance", where she portrayed the main character Sonny Munroe, because she wanted to focus on her music career rather than acting. Lovato's third album, "Unbroken", was released on September 20, 2011 and was met with mixed to positive reviews from music critics. It debuted at number

title: Demi Lovato
text: the second charity single for Disney's Friends for Change. In May, Lovato guest-starred as a teenage schizophrenic Hayley May in the sixth-season "Grey's Anatomy" episode, "Shiny Happy People". Although critics praised her versatility, they were underwhelmed by her acting and felt that her appearance was designed primarily to attract viewers. Later that year, she headlined her first international tour, the South American Tour, and joined the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert tour as a guest. "", with Lovato reprising her role as Mitchie Torres, premiered on September 3, 2010. Critics were ambivalent about the film's plot, and it has a

title: Lolo Ferrari
text: "Dance Dance Dance", and a cover of Thelma Houston's Euro disco hit, "Don't Leave Me This Way". Neither of the latter two songs was given a commercial release. On the morning of 5 March 2000, at the age of 37, Ferrari was found dead by her husband at her home in Grasse in the Alpes-Maritimes département on the French Riviera of undetermined causes. The original autopsy determined that she had died of an overdose of antidepressants and tranquilizers. She had been depressed and her death was ruled a suicide. Her parents suspected that her husband was involved, and a second

title: Leah LaBelle
text: released the stand-alone single "Lolita". On January 31, 2018, LaBelle and her boyfriend Rasual Butler died in a car crash in Studio City, Los Angeles. A posthumous extended play, "Love To the Moon", was released on September 7, 2018. Leah LaBelle Vladowski was born on September 8, 1986, in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Seattle, Washington. Her parents, Anastasia and Troshan Vladowski, were Bulgarian singers. Anastasia had previously recorded pop music, and she formed Bulgaria's first rock band with Troshan called the Silver Bracelets. LaBelle also had an uncle who released rock music in Bulgaria. After defecting from Bulgaria during

title: Lari White
text: appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw in the 2010 film "Country Strong". In September 2017, White was diagnosed with cancer. Exploratory surgery in October 2017 revealed advanced peritoneal cancer. She died in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 23, 2018, at the age of 52. She was survived by her husband, songwriter Chuck Cannon, and three children. Lari White Lari Michele White Cannon (; May 13, 1965 – January 23, 2018) was an American country music artist and actress. She first gained national attention in 1988 as a winner on "You Can Be a Star", a talent competition which aired on