Some personalities will forever be remembered for their work and contribution to the society. Well-known economist Amartya Sen is one of the rare brilliant minds that the country has and the news of his death left everyone in shock. The sad news of his passing away was shared by a Twitter account in the name of Claudia Goldin, the 2023 winner of the Nobel Prize award for Economics. However, there is NO truth in this news and Amartya Sen’s daughter has confirmed it!
Amartya Sen’s exceptional work and contribution to Economics earned him a Nobel Prize in 1998. In a shocking tweet on October 10, Tuesday from an unverified account of Claudia Goldin, it was informed that Amartya Sen is no longer among us. In this tweet, the user expressed the grief of losing a talented professor like Amartya Sen. While, this tweet left many people in shock and grief, it was recently known that there is no truth in it. This was clarified by the Nobel Laureate’s daughter Nandana Deb Sen.
In a recent update on this news, Amartya Sen’s daughter Nandana Deb Sen denied such claims. She dismissed the news about her father’s death at the age of 89 that made headlines on October 10. She took to her Twitter handle to issue a clarification on the same and informed everyone that her father was doing fine!
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Amartya Sen has a long list of achievements to his name. He has shared his knowledge with students and Cambridge University where he served as a teacher. He also went on to be a professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University.
It is really sad to see fake news being spread about such a personality’s death on social media and that too in the name of another Nobel Prize winner!