Avril Lavigne conspiracies – replaced by clone, snowboarding death and going into hiding

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conspiracy theories surrounding her than for her music career.The former teen rocker made a splash as soon as she burst onto the music scene singing about how things were so complicated.Hits such as Sk8er Boi, Don't Tell Me and Girlfriend have won her an army of devoted fans all around the world.But in some corners of the internet, it isn't her songs getting all the attention.READ MORE: Avril Lavigne leaves fans emotional as she announces engagement to partner Mod SunIt's a bizarre theory that claims the Avril we see on stage, on TV and in magazines isn't actually the same girl who got her big break as a 17-year-old in 2002.We take a look at the conspiracy theory that has been been rumbling on for years.The bonkers theory seems to have started more than 15 years ago on a Brazilian blog.The story goes that Avril was struggling to cope with all the pressures of finding fame at a young age.As she grappled with the spotlight, someone came up with the idea of using a body double lookalike to deal with the press attention so that the real Avril could have a break.This was apparently the mysterious Melissa Vandella, who was said to be the spitting image of the star.Conspiracy theorists claim that Avril continued to feel low and that when her grandfather passed away she plunged into a deep depression and took her own life.Another group of people suspect she might have been killed in a snowboarding accident.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.However it happened, the general consensus among conspiracy theorists is that the "real" Avril passed away in 2003.As her debut album Let Go had been a huge success the decision was apparently made to cover up her death –.