Celebrity status No recent obituary on file

Has Ban Ki-moon died?

It appears not. Ban Ki-moon seems very much alive, currently at age 82.

Ban Ki-moon

South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016

Born June 13, 1944

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