Anytime someone who holds a prominent position within a politically controversial group such as WikiLeaks dies, attention is focused on the event and suspicions regarding the cause of death arise.
This has been highlighted recently with rumors of the death of Julian Assange. Prior to that, it took law enforcement a suspiciously long time to respond to a break-in attempt at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where Assange lives. All of this puts those watching the events surrounding WikiLeaks and Assange on edge.
So we now learn that Gavin MacFadyen has died. To say that he was a controversial individual is to put it mildly. Perhaps best known for his work with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, MacFadyen had quite a career prior to the current controversy.
So what do we know about MacFadyen and his death? More on page two.
Thought he died awhile ago
They say lung cancer…..Tony Wunsh ?
Thank you. …..
Lies
I just posted l one article on fb … Wikileaks themselves say that he died of lung cancer
F**e news
Lung cancer. Look it up.
Bill.and Killary at it again?
Another one gone
Truth and Action you lying trash heap, you know this man died on October 24, 2016 of LUNG CANCER. He was not FOUND he died in a hospital with family.
Sucked in Again
‘The common clickbait technique of inserting the word “found” before “dead” in announcing a notable person’s death deliberately left many readers with the impression that Gavin MacFadyen had been killed over his work with WikiLeaks.
But the earliest news reports and expressions of grief from colleagues and family members (including Assange) indicated that MacFadyen’s cancer-related death in a hospital was simply a tragic loss due to a not uncommon disease rather than a mysterious murder.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 24 October 2016