Nandana Sen, the daughter of Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen, on Tuesday took to social media to refute reports of her father’s death.
The rumor of Amartya Sen’s death took the internet by storm after multiple media outlets from around the world reported his demise on Tuesday evening.
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Citing a tweet from what appears to be a fake account belonging to another Nobel laureate economist, Claudia Goldin, Times Now was among the first outlets to break the news of his passing followed by several other media including Times of India, Deccan Herald.
Nandana Sen, the daughter of Amartya Sen later posted a picture of them together refuting the reports of her father’s demise.
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“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 was 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,” she posted on X (formerly Twitter).
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