The claim is not supported by the evidence. Recent, credible sources indicate Gladys Knight is alive, including a Reuters fact-check rejecting death rumors and current 2026 tour and entertainment listings. The main items used to suggest otherwise are either obituaries for different people with the same name or low-credibility rumor content.
Caveats
Obituary search pages can mix multiple people with the same name and do not by themselves identify the singer.
Rumor videos and social media death posts are not reliable evidence without confirmation from major news outlets, family, or representatives.
This claim depends on mistaken identity: cited obituary material refers to other Gladys Knights, not the performer born in 1944.