News of the demise of Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen started doing rounds on social media on Tuesday. Several media outlets reported the demise of the 89-year-old economist.
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FACT CHECK
Soon after the news of the demise broke, Amartya Sen’s daughter, Nandana Sen, took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to dismiss the news and confirm that the Nobel Prize laureate is alive and healthy.
“Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever!,” Nandana Sen wrote on X.
Friends, thanks for your concern but it’s fake news: Baba is totally fine. We just spent a wonderful week together w/ family in Cambridge—his hug as strong as always last night when we said bye! He is teaching 2 courses a week at Harvard, working on his gender book—busy as ever! pic.twitter.com/Fd84KVj1AT
— Nandana Sen (@nandanadevsen) October 10, 2023
Hence, it can be asserted that the viral news about Amartya Sen’s demise is false.
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