Talk:Evan Jones (writer)

A fact from Evan Jones (writer) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 December 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jamaican born poet, playwright and screenwriter Evan Jones wrote the 1963 BBC television play Madhouse on Castle Street in which Bob Dylan made his acting début?

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is entirely wrong. Until recently he was still with us.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/art-leisure/20150301/plaudits-evan-jones — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesdebrown (talk • contribs) 20:12, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article is the subject of a request emailed to the Volunteer Response Team (VRT).

Issues identified are: Death denied by family.
The VRTS ticket number is 2021111810009568.

Please discuss these issues here, being mindful of the policies on biographies of living persons.

The only source given for his death is an unreliable source and as noted above he gave a press interview 3 years after his supposed death. Supposed details of his death have been removed. Nthep (talk) 17:36, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]