I don't get it. Is he dead? I can find no credible evidence that he is. Wikipedia proclaims he is alive, there is no news indicating otherwise, nor any web reports. We only have this odd link to Taleb's homepage indicating that Mandelbrot has passed. Surely if you're going to submit a link regarding such an event there is more information and a better link to share other than two lines on Taleb's homepage--right?

EDIT: This is nothing more than a rumor right now. Even Wikipedia has a discussion topic on it, referencing Taleb's home page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Benoît_Mandelbrot#Death_ru...