US man on ‘Dying to Serve’ tour dies after cancer fundraising hoax accusations
Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Doug Ruch died in New Zealand in December after article called him a ‘conman’ but cause of death remains unknownA US man who spoke to various media outlets about having terminal cancer and raising money to travel for community service projects died shortly before Christmas in New Zealand – the day after an article by a journalist there accused him of actually being “an alleged serial conman”.Authorities in the US and New Zealand recently confirmed Douglas Lee Ruch, 56, died in the capital of Auckland on 18 December, months after his so-called “Dying to Serve” tour. The hundreds of thousands of dollars he raised on GoFundMe earned headlines in the Washington Post, National Public Radio and the Guardian. Continue reading...
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