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nextos
71 days ago
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Tony Hoare has died
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.
jlhawn
71 days ago
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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...
nextos
71 days ago
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It was edited again a few minutes ago and now displays Sunday, March 8th as his date of death.
codethief
71 days ago
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And it's gone again!
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According to this blogpost, he sadly passed away last Thursday, March 5th.