
Supporters leave flowers and photographs after taking part in a vigil for late Cambridge professor Jason Arday in Trafalgar Square in central London on August 17, 2026, following his death at age 41 on August 14. Arday, the ex-Cambridge professor found dead amid a growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism and personal life embellishments, rose from humble roots in Britain to be hailed as an academic superstar.
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