Richest man in kuwait died 2019 is false claim

Fake news claim: Social media claimed that the richest man in Kuwait Nassi Al Kharki has passed away, a couple of pictures are viral to prove the point.

 

Examples of viral posts in circulation on Social Media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

The richest man in Kuwait Nassi Al Kharki has passed away. Check out all his treasure and assets....  He Can't carry a single thing with him. This is a grim reminder to all of us.

The richest man in Kuwait Nassi Al Kharki has passed away. Check out all his treasure and assets....  He Can't carry a single thing with him. This is a grim reminder to all of us. Let's share the little we have with the less fortunate hakuna mtu atazikwa na Mali yake.

Facts Check Verdict: False  

News Verification: More than thousands of users on social media shared multiple images, claiming the richest man in Kuwait Nassi Al Kharki, just died is not true.

The pictures of the man with gold casket is not the richest man in Kuwait, His name was Sheron Sukhedo.  He was a millionaire real estate mogul and used car dealer and from Trinidad and Tobago. 

Trinidad and Tobago is a dual-island Caribbean nation near Venezuela, with distinctive Creole traditions and cuisines. Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain, hosts a boisterous carnival featuring calypso and soca music. 

The news is from April 2018, when Sheron Sukhedo, 33, was gunned down in a drive-by shooting.

A young Trinidadian man was doused in Moet champagne before being cremated following a funeral service where he was laid in a gold casket wearing $100,000 worth of jewelry. 

Man is adorned with gold and doused with champagne before cremation

Sheron Sukhedo, 33, was gunned down in a drive-by shooting last week The millionaire real estate mogul and used car dealer was laid to rest on Friday He was laid in an gold casket and adorned with huge amounts of jewellery Sukhedo was escorted from his funeral to where he was cremated in a Bentley A young Trinidadian man was doused in Moet champagne before being cremated following a funeral service where he was laid in a gold casket wearing $100,000 worth of jewellery.

As per now the richest man in Kuwait is Kutayba Alghanim. Kutayba Alghanim is the chairman of Alghanim Industries, which his late father Yusuf founded in 1932.

Other images which are used with the viral post is unrelated to the context of the millionaire

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Chetan Sharma is an Indian fact-checker and news writer, writing news for Ayupp since 2014.

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