Noam Chomsky discharged from hospital in Brazil after false death reports

In this Oct 2012 file photo, activist Noam Chomsky stands during a press conference to support the Gaza-bound flotilla in the port of Gaza City. Chomsky was hospitalised in his wife's native country of Brazil after suffering a massive stroke, she confirmed on June 11. Photo: AP

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

"No, it is false,” she wrote on Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalised in Brazil while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, Valeria Chomsky told the AP last week.