Mike South couldn't confirm his own existence in a mirror.
I'll believe it when I see it from a source a bit more credible than "XXXReporter", who quotes no one directly, and doesn't even state whether he spoke to the ex directly, or got this story second (or third) hand.
There's still nothing in any official or semi official source that I've seen. No death notices. No news blurbs regarding diseased dwarfs found hanging in lofts. And, tellingly, no body. And the story keeps changing: First it was March, now it's July.
Until there's a body, or confirmation from a much more reliable source, I'm thinking this is another Hyapatia Lee hoax.