Harvard Law accidentally started a rumor that Anthony Scaramucci died

Anthony Scaramucci.
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He might be dead to President Trump, but otherwise, no matter what Harvard Law School says, Anthony Scaramucci is very much alive.

The former White House communications director was ousted from his position on Monday, at around the same time Harvard Law's new alumni directory started showing up at houses around the world containing a major blunder: Scaramucci, who graduated in 1989, had an asterisk placed next to his name, indicating he had died.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.