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I trust Colin's explanation of the source. It would be awful to have fed a mistake, but wonderful if the news turned out not to be true. People are posting such good comments about Conway that I wouldn't want to bury the thread.

Best case scenario, we change the title to "John Conway has not died" and continue to celebrate him.

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Mulcahy writes of formal confirmation[0]:

> Not yet. Three of the people who told me heard it from his ex wife Diana. Two knew it was imminent since he fell ill on Wednesday.

Also[1]:

> More emails from insiders are arriving regularly. One from a student of his. Etc.

And[2]:

> From 5 of his close associates ...

[0] https://twitter.com/CardColm/status/1249082939423559680

[1] https://twitter.com/CardColm/status/1249082390854729730

[2] https://twitter.com/CardColm/status/1249082119567138819

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Added in edit:

I've now had it confirmed in personal correspondence, but before it can be announced officially it needs to go through the Dean's Office, and it's a Holiday Weekend, so that won't be quick.

It's reasonable for people to be sceptical, I don't have a problem with that.

thanks for the update

Fair enough :)

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