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“The judge of ‘American’s Got Talent, ’ Simon Cowell, had died.”
សុខ សំអ៊ាន Social Media User. Facebook. Claim dated 23 Jan 2023.
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated thisFalse

What Fact Crescendo Cambodia found

Fact Crescendo Cambodia found the claim mentioned above is false. The TV icon Simon Cowell – a well-known judge of America’s Got Talent – was not killed in a car accident. Instead, pictures showing him in a coma and laying on a medical bed are digitally edited.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

សុខ សំអ៊ាន (Social Media User) made this claim around 23 January 2023. Fact Crescendo Cambodia (Cambodia) looked into it and published its finding on 28 January 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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