When the news about the death of actor-commedian Robin Williams spread via online, many fans around the world mourn and paid off tribute to their idol, along side with actor's families and friends.

However, this news also created confusions between the popular Williams : Robbie and Robin.

According Dailymail.co.uk, there are Twitter users who have mistakenly thought that the one who died was Robbie Williams, a former member of 'Take That'.

After that, they hit their phones and laptops to express their shock at the death of former member of 'Take That'. It was reported that they didn't double check the news.

Some of the social media commentators wrote commiserations like: ' I loved you in Take That and Angels was my favourite song' or 'I can't belive that #RobbieWilliams Is #gone. It feels in our hearts & spirits we will remember him with laughter and love!'

And even Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos expressed his tribute on Twitter saying: 'Dismayed at the death of Robbie Williams. I always liked his songs.'

So what happened yesterday, the hashtags #RobinWilliams and #RIPRobinWilliams were trending and earned a lot traffic and tributes.

DailyMail said that "#RobbieWilliams also made an appearance thanks to the mistaken tweeters".

and there are online users said that Robbie is alive