Fake news: Zubin Mehta is alive and well

Fake news: Zubin Mehta is alive and well

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norman lebrecht

October 23, 2023

Laphilnews, an X-Twitter account that appeared on first sight to be linked to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, tweeted the sudden death of Zubin Mehta, an hour ago. It became clear soon after that the X account is a fake entity.

We heard from the Israel Philharmonic that they woke Zubin up with a phone call and he’s definitely alive and well.

The message has been conveyed to Israel Phil players: חברים יקרים, יש שמועות כל כך שזובין נפטר. זה רץ באינטרנט. זה לא נכון. לפני 10 דקות התקשרנו אליו. הערנו אותו והוא צחק על כל העניין

He seemed to find the hoax report quite amusing.

We apologise for any misapprehension.

The message below is from the original series of fake tweets:

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