Reports today of Noam Chomsky's death (in Jacobin and New Statesman, since taken down) were greatly exaggerated. I have confirmation from Valeria, his wife, that he is alive and well.

Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue.

Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue.

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2012, file photo activist Noam Chomsky stands during a press conference to support the Gaza-bound flotilla in the port of Gaza City. Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife's ...

Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, and was released to his home Tuesday to continue treatment.

FILE – In this Oct. 20, 2012, file photo activist Noam Chomsky stands during a press conference to support the Gaza-bound flotilla in the port of Gaza City. Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife ...

Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, and was released to his home Tuesday to continue treatment.

Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, and was released to his home Tuesday to continue treatment.

NEW YORK (AP) — Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an ...

Noam Chomsky’s wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. “No, it is false,” she wrote Tuesday in response to an email… ...

Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, and was released to his home Tuesday to continue treatment.