Her death was announced on the following day by former U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform. The AP reported that Hardaway's cause of death had initially "become a topic of widespread speculation" in connection with COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines:Hardaway and her sister, Rochelle "Silk" Richardson, found internet stardom as Black women who ardently backed Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. The cause of Hardaway's death, which was not released by the family, had become a topic of widespread speculation. While speaking at Hardaway's funeral on Jan. 21, Richardson, better known by the moniker of "Silk," appeared to push a widely-debunked "died suddenly" conspiracy theory. (We previously reported two stories on the "died suddenly" conspiracy theory.)

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2023 23:25 UTC