Senator Jim Davis: not dead
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:09 pm
Sen. Davis confirms he is not dead
Despite what it says on his Wikipedia page, Sen. Jim Davis of Franklin said Friday that he is in fact alive.
Citizen-Times, 18 April 2014 link
Despite what it says on his Wikipedia page, Sen. Jim Davis of Franklin said Friday that he is in fact alive.
Citizen-Times, 18 April 2014 link
Jim_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician) (T-H-L)Despite what it says on his Wikipedia page, Sen. Jim Davis of Franklin said Friday that he is in fact alive. Davis, R-Macon, was visiting family in Virginia when he got a call Friday morning from Macon County Commissioner Ronnie Beale. Beale told Davis that he had heard from several people that Davis had died. At 7:57 a.m. Friday, Davis’ Wikipedia page was updated showing a date of death as April 16, 2014. The page read: “Davis died unexpectedly on April 16, 2014, of suspected heart attack. Aged 67, he collapsed while jogging in a park not far from his home.” [...]
On April 18, 2014, Sen. Davis was the victim of an apparent Wikipedia death hoax. He discusses the ordeal in detail in the Asheville Citizen-Times. [4]