Noam Chomsky isn’t dead yet
by Elizabeth Lopatto from The Verge - All Posts on (#6NM6W)
Chomsky often was critical of the media. | Photo by Heuler Andrey / AFP via Getty Images Everyone dies eventually, and famed linguist Noam Chomsky will be no different - but at the time of this writing, he is alive. And, sadly, his wife is explaining to people that reports of his death are false," according to The Associated Press.
Chomsky, 95, has been hospitalized in Brazil as he recovers from a stroke he had last year, the AP reported earlier this month. He's having difficulty speaking, and the right side of his body is affected." He is being tended to by various specialists. This is not in dispute.
Two publications, Jacobin and The New Statesman, published what appeared to be obituaries. (The New Statesman took its post down; Jacobin changed its headline from We Remember Noam Chomsky" to Let's Celebrate Noam Chomsky,...