This is a sad story, mostly about everyone deciding what the most kind way is to treat broken work by someone whose best days are well behind them.

Interesting discussion at: https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/3894/is-there-a-way-...

And mathematicians taking him seriously: https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/reading-into-atiya...

You don’t have to be a follower of a famous mathematician to find sadness in the intellectual decline of someone.

Our ability to preserve bodies far longer than mind is a major problem for everyone.

Mainstream consensus is that his 'proof' didn't do anything besides introducing an analytic function called the Todd function that doesn't appear to satisfy his claims.

Can you please add any link(s) for further reading?

Unfortunately, his proof is broken and didn't help community make progress on the problem.