BBC Broadcasting Icon Sir Terry Wogan Passed Away

  • by: Maarten Schenk
BBC Broadcasting Icon Sir Terry Wogan Passed Away

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Veteran broadcaster Terry Wogan has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. He died aged 77, surrounded by his family. The news has been confirmed by the BBC here.

Maarten Schenk

Lead Stories co-founder Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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