New York, June 19: Noam Chomsky's wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. "No, it is false," she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalised in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, Valeria Chomsky told the AP last week. But the Beneficencia Portuguesa hospital in Sao Paulo said in a statement that Chomsky was discharged on Tuesday to continue his treatment at home. Yogi Adityanath Death Hoax: Youth Spreads Fake News of Uttar Pradesh CM's 'Demise', Arrested by UP Police

Earlier Tuesday, Chomsky was trending on X as false reports of his death abounded. Jacobin and The New Statesman published obituaries for Chomsky, though the former changed its headline from "We Remember Noam Chomsky" to "Let's Celebrate Noam Chomsky". The New Statesman took its essay by former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis down altogether. Poonam Pandey Fake Death: Cine Workers’ Union Demands FIR Against the Actress; Read Official Statement!

The Chomskys have had a residence in Brazil since 2015. Noam Chomsky, known to millions for his criticisms of US foreign policy, taught for decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2017, he joined the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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