{"id":563679,"date":"2021-06-14T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563679"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:51:16","slug":"fact-check-no-george-soros-did-not-die-on-june-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-george-soros-did-not-die-on-june-10\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, George Soros Did Not Die On June 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-george-soros-did-not-die-on-june-10%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=563679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-673749758-scaled-e1623617891154.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP_HJDyta3z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> claims billionaire George Soros died on June 10.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP_HJDyta3z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-8.7073170731707\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence George Soros died June 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Instagram post shares what appears to be a June 10 screen grab from the online forum 4chan. The screen grab shows a photo of George Soros along with text that reads, \u201cGeorge Soros died 2 hours ago. Won\u2019t be in the news until tomorrow.\u201d George Soros is the founder and Chair of the Open Society Foundations, and his son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/who-we-are\/global-board\/member\/alexander-soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Soros<\/a> is the deputy chair, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/george-soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence George Soros died June 10.\u00a0A search of the Open Society Foundations\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/search?q=george+soros+died\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenSociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/18983389920\/search\/?q=George%20Soros%20dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a> turned up no announcement of George Soros\u2019 death. Nor was there any mention of George Soros\u2019 death on his son\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/378112989017723\/search\/?q=George%20Soros%20dead\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexanderSoros\">posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on June 11, the day after the 4chan post appeared, George Soros sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgesoros\/status\/1403382248875909121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> about the death of Vera Institute of Justice co-founder Herb Sturz. The institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/newsroom\/the-vera-institute-of-justice-mourns-the-passing-of-herb-sturz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Sturz died on June 10.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3928571428571\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I mourn the passing of Herb Sturz, a great friend and wonderful person who had an enormous impact on the work of criminal justice reform and open society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Ph8VBiad6\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Ph8VBiad6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Soros (@georgesoros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgesoros\/status\/1403382248875909121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Had George Soros died on June 10, media outlets certainly would have reported on it, yet an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=George+Soros+dead&#038;oq=George+Soros+dead&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60l2.3597j1j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internet search<\/a> by Check Your Fact turned up no obituaries from major news organizations. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/06\/20\/fact-check-163-paid-protesters-file-lawsuit-george-soros-paying-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did 163 Paid Protesters File A Lawsuit Against George Soros For Not Paying Their Bail?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Soros has been the subject of a baseless claim. Check Your Fact previously corrected false claims that he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/03\/23\/fact-check-george-soros-own-smartmatic-voting-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">owns<\/a>\u00a0voting technology firm Smartmatic, has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/10\/02\/fact-check-george-soros-banned-six-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banned<\/a>\u00a0from entering six different countries and was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/11\/24\/fact-check-george-soros-arrested-philadelphia-election-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0for \u201celection interference\u201d in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Instagram claims billionaire George Soros died on June 10. Verdict: False There is no evidence George Soros died June 10. 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