Because of the timing of his death  so soon after the coup, rumors swirled that he had died of sadness or even been assassinated, but the hospital recorded his cause  of death as cancer.
به دلیل درگذشتش بلافاصله پس از کودتا، شایعه شد که درگذشت او به دلیل اندوه یا حتی ترور بوده است، اما بیمارستان دلیل مرگ او را سرطان اعلام کرد.