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It appears that Jones died yesterday, but the news awaits a reliable reference. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:48, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This was reported on Reddit, clearly not a reputable source, but it relays an email sent out by Vanderbilt U. A different source is an obit here, from his old high school. 110.142.52.31 (talk) 10:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No change at https://as.vanderbilt.edu/math/bio/?who=vaughan-jones. Charles Matthews (talk) 10:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The currently listed date of death (Sept. 8) is incorrect, the citation is to a New Zealand source but he died in Nashville TN, so the international date line caused the confusion. That said, I don't know whether it should be changed to Sept. 7 or Sept. 6, so I haven't edited myself.--Njsnyder (talk) 14:59, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Given an IP edit-warring, I have reported the issue at WP:BLPN. Charles Matthews (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This link works? Βαldιc 23 20:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's also a newspaper obituary now, it doesn't have a date but the lms source should be enough for the date. Njsnyder (talk) 21:37, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Official Source here: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/math/2020/09/department-of-mathematics-mourns-the-passing-of-stevenson-chair-and-distinguished-professor-vaughan-jones/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:110D:C541:D716:3D9C:12E1:441E (talk) 03:02, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]