I call the developer team behind Bitcoin (currently worth ~13.800$) Bitcoin Core, because that is their name.
I don't think anybody in the BCH community called the project dead. In fact since the coin's inception the subreddit increased to over 130k members.
There were rumors flying around the internet 4-5 days before the Coinbase announcement.
Gank sounds like some sect preacher. Wonder what interest does he have to not recognize problems with BTC and solutions BCH offers. IOTA will replace both anyway :D