The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated

Cultural  

1. The text of a cable sent by Mark Twain from London to the press in the United States after his obituary had been mistakenly published.

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Example Sentences

In response to a rumor that he was gravely ill and possibly dead, Mark Twain wrote to a newspaper that “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

From Washington Post

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

From The Guardian

September 9: At an iPod product launch, Jobs jokes about his health by walking on stage in front of a giant screen that flashed "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" -- a quotation borrowed from Mark Twain.

From Reuters

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated," flashed a screen above Jobs at a conference in September 2008.

From Washington Post

And after Bloomberg News accidentally published a version of his obituary, Jobs spoke in front of a giant slide that read, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

From Time Magazine Archive