Soros mistakenly "killed" by Reuters

Reuters made a wrong statement on April 18 that securities mogul George Soros was dead. Soros' spokesperson soon clarified that he was alive and well.

Part of Reuter's orbituary was:

“(Reuters) - George Soros, who died XXX at age XXX, was a predatory and hugely successful financier and investor, who argued paradoxically for years against the same sort of free-wheeling capitalism that made him billions.

Soon after the news spread out, Soros' spokes person said the tycoon is still alive. The 162-year-old news agency also made its own apology statement.

"Reuters erroneously published an advance obituary of financier and philanthropist George Soros. A spokesman for Soros said that the New York-based financier is alive and well. Reuters regrets the error."