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	by arn3n 101 days ago
	Pardon if I’m dumb/missed something: Is Tony Hoare dead? I see no news anywhere.

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I can't find any news either, but that is the claim of this submission.

  > Jonathan Bowen informed me of Tony Hoare's death on Thursday, March 5th. (translated from French)

The main reason to find it surprising is that it's now 4 days since then, I'd have expected something to have been published besides this page.

Sadly it seems to be true. Heard it late last week from a coworker in a position to know.

That is the claim of the post. I also don't see confirmation elsewhere

There is very little information around, this is the most authoritative post I could find. There are some comments on X as well.

According to this blogpost, he sadly passed away last Thursday, March 5th.

There were a few recent edits about this on Tony Hoar's Wikipedia page which were reverted because there was no substantial evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Hoare&action...

It was edited again a few minutes ago and now displays Sunday, March 8th as his date of death.

And it's gone again!

His Wikipedia page is still worded in the present tense. People tend to be johnny on the spot about that so maybe not?

The blog author says that Jonathan Bowen informed them, so it is possible it hasn't been officially announced.

Yes. He died last week.

RIP Tony Hoare.

Legendary Turing Award Winner.

Any link to information?

Came through personal contact who is close to the family.