Death of Jason Arday, Cambridge professor, sparks wave of tributes

Jason Arday, the first Black sociology professor at Cambridge, was found dead at 41.

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He had been at the center of a plagiarism scandal for three years, which colleagues called harassment.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham described his death as a 'tragedy.'

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