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by nl 3238 days ago
No, I think the poster is mis-remembering things which were based on facts.

Donald Michie did work (with Turing!) at Bletchley Park, and he did die in a motor vehicle accident. He was 83 when he died (not 91)[1]. His ex-wife[2] (they had remained friends) was in the car with him and also died. She had never defected to Russia, but she was (or had been) a member of the communist party[2].

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1556846/Professor...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McLaren