Former tech CEO’s death reignites false turbo cancer claims

The former CEO of YouTube died of lung cancer, setting off a wave of conspiracy theories claiming that the death was caused by so-called “turbo cancer.” According to the former executive’s family, she lived with non-small cell lung cancer for two years before her death.  

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