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  "id": 970621,
  "title": "Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/youngest-black-professor-at-cambridge-who-faced-plagiarism-claims-is-970621",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260815/youngest-black-professor-at-cambridge-who-faced-plagiarism-claims-is-found-dead"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LONDON — Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor at Cambridge, has died at the age of 37. The sociologist's career was marred by plagiarism allegations and intense media scrutiny. Arday resigned from his position at Cambridge last week amid the barrage of accusations. Major news outlets, including The Times, The Telegraph, BBC, and Sky News, reported his death on Friday. Arday was found unresponsive at a residence in Battersea, south London. His memoir, \"Great and Unfortunate Things,\" was set for release that same week, despite concerns about his credibility. His family released a statement expressing their shock at losing \"this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son.\" The family's statement noted that the \"campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason.\"",
  "summary": "LONDON — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday. Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions…",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Jason Arday cause of death: What happened to Cambridge University's youngest ever Black professor?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/jason-arday-cause-of-death-what-happened-to-cambridge-universitys",
        "published": "2026-08-14T20:26:11.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism found dead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/former-cambridge-professor-accused-of-plagiarism-found-dead",
        "published": "2026-08-14T20:46:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Jason Arday, youngest Black professor at Cambridge, found dead at 41 after resignation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/jason-arday-youngest-black-professor-at-cambridge-found-dead-at-41",
        "published": "2026-08-14T23:25:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Jason Arday, former Cambridge professor who faced plagiarism scandal, found dead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/jason-arday-former-cambridge-professor-who-faced-plagiarism-scandal",
        "published": "2026-08-14T23:57:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Youngest Black professor at Cambridge found dead after resigning amid plagiarism scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/youngest-black-professor-at-cambridge-found-dead-after-resigning-amid",
        "published": "2026-08-15T01:13:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/youngest-black-professor-at-cambridge-who-faced-plagiarism-claims-is",
        "published": "2026-08-15T06:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Jason Arday, who quit as Cambridge professor last week over plagiarism row, found dead in London",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/jason-arday-who-quit-as-cambridge-professor-last-week-over-plagiarism",
        "published": "2026-08-15T06:26:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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