ET on Wednesday (August 10, 2016), our beloved business man George Soros passed away. In 2016, a Facebook rumor regarding Soros’ death spread. He will be missed but not forgotten. Soros was last in the news in July 2020 when The New York Times reported that Soros’ foundation was investing $220 million “in efforts to achieve racial equality.”, According to Know Your Meme, the earliest social media death hoax involved actor Morgan Freeman. When this second husband figure died in a subsequent coup, Sporus went to Otho, Sabina’s first husband, whom she had divorced to marry Nero. Rumor is false. According to The Atlantic, the news agency’s message read, “George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.”, VideoVideo related to george soros not dead: no evidence for rumor surrounding death of liberal philanthropist2020-07-28T14:46:46-04:00. Conservative commentator Bill Mitchell was arguably the most high-profile person to tweet about the rumor. There … I am making no claims as to its accuracy. The website says that the hoax spread in December 2010. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.” In April 2013, Reuters accidentally published Soros’ obituary. Powered by, Video related to george soros not dead: no evidence for rumor surrounding death of liberal philanthropist, Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School. Claims that were published about Soros by The Chicago Tribune’s John Kass led to an announcement that the newspaper would label opinion articles more explicitly. George Soros is not dead. CNN will aggressively investigate this hoax.”, READ NEXT: Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School, George Soros Not Dead: No Evidence for Rumor Surrounding Death of Liberal Philanthropist, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Let me be perfectly clear, this is just a rumor I heard from several unconnected sources. Getty CNN quickly issued a statement saying that the rumor was fake and that, “CNN did not report Morgan Freeman death. After Nero’s death, Sporus passed onto the Praetorian guard Nymphidius Sabinus, who kept Sporus in his role of ersatz wife, according to Nero by Edward Champlin. Soros pictured in January 2020. GettySoros delivers a speech on the sideline of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 24, 2019 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. Has anyone heard anything about this?”. A rumor appeared on Twitter on July 28 saying that the Hungarian born billionaire had died at the age of 89. Heavy has reached out to the Open Society Foundation for comment on the death hoax. Soros is a highly recognizable figure in business and politics and if he was dead, it would have been widely reported. The fake posted credited CNN as the source. Sporus derives from the ancient Greek word σπορά spora, meaning "seed, sowing," related to σπόρος sporos, "sowing," and σπείρειν speirein, "to sow." Sporus is once again nearly an empress as Nymphidius tries to become emperor. The fake post read, “At about 11 a.m. Soros is a “boogeyman” for conservatives, reported the BBC in 2019. However he does not quite make it and is killed by fellows in the Guard. There is no mention of Soros’ passing on his website or social media nor is there any mention on the website or social media of his charity, Open Society Foundation. George Soros is not dead. In 69 AD Sporus becomes involved with the second emperor of the four that year, Otho. George Soros was born on August 12, 1930 in Budapest. In June 2020, Reuters published a fact-checking article debunking conservative claims including that Soros was a member of the Nazi party, that he owns ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter and that he once “swore to destroy the USA.” The Associated Press reported that conspiracy theories regarding Soros had surged alongside Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd. In all references about this story, he is always called Sporus, a male name, when the female would be Spora. A rumor appeared on Twitter on July 28 saying that the Hungarian born billionaire had died at the age of 89. Mitchell wrote, “I heard a rumor George Soros has died.