Leader Of QAnon “JFK Is Alive” Cult Dies In MN Crash

Vice News reports:

The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his son JFK, Jr. are still alive has died, VICE News can exclusively report.

Michael Protzman, 60, died last Friday in the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota a week after an accident at the Meadow Valley Motocross track in Millville, Minnesota. Protzman’s death was confirmed to VICE News in a phone call with the Minnesota Department of Health.

Protzman died as a result of “multiple blunt force injuries” after he “lost control of his dirt bike” according to a report from the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, which was obtained by VICE News.

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As you’ll see at the link (no paywall), some of Protzman’s followers are calling reports of his death fake news, with one saying that he’s alive and wearing a “JFK mask.” Known to his followers as Negative48, Protzman appeared here several times last year when QAnon followers gathered in Dallas for the supposed return of JFK and JFK Jr.