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On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, [[Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman]].<ref name= NYDaily_20120112 /><ref name="CBS_20120112">{{cite news | title=Co-founder of Reddit Aaron Swartz found dead|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57563656/co-founder-of-reddit-aaron-swartz-found-dead/ | publisher=CBS |work=News|accessdate=January 12, 2013 |date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> A spokeswoman for [[Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York|New York's Medical Examiner]] reported that he had hanged<!-- Note that 'hanged' is correct English here, should not be changed to 'hung', MNEMONIC DEVICE: Pictures are hung. People are hanged, see http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang#Usage_notes --> himself.<ref name="NYDaily_20120112">{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/co-founder-reddit-hangs-brooklyn-apartment-article-1.1238852 | title=Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit and online activist, hangs himself in Brooklyn apartment, authorities say | newspaper=[[NY Daily News]] | date=January 12, 2013 | first1=Joe | last2=Trapasso | first2=Clare | first3=Larry | last1=Kemp | last3=Mcshane | quote=Swartz ... left no note before his Friday morning death in the seventh-floor apartment at a luxury Sullivan Place building, police sources said. | location=New York}}</ref><ref name = CBS_20120112 /><ref name="NYT2013">{{Cite news | first = John | last = Schwartz | title = Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, Apparently a Suicide | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html | publisher = ''The New York Times'' | date = January 12, 2013 | accessdate = January 13, 2013|registration=yes}}</ref> No [[suicide note]] was found.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://business.time.com/2013/01/14/mit-orders-review-of-aaron-swartz-suicide-as-soul-searching-begins/ |date=January 14, 2013|accessdate=January 16, 2013|title=MIT orders review of Aaron Swartz suicide as soul searching begins|work=Time | first =Sam | last = Gustin}}</ref> Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place."<ref name=Folkhero /> John Naughton states that Swartz "was hounded to suicide at the age of 26 by a vindictive US administration", but does not question whether his death was a [[suicide]].<ref name=tg1/>
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On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, [[Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman]].<ref name= NYDaily_20120112 /><ref name="CBS_20120112">{{cite news | title=Co-founder of Reddit Aaron Swartz found dead|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57563656/co-founder-of-reddit-aaron-swartz-found-dead/ | publisher=CBS |work=News|accessdate=January 12, 2013 |date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> A spokeswoman for [[Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York|New York's Medical Examiner]] reported that he had hanged<!-- Note that 'hanged' is correct English here, should not be changed to 'hung', MNEMONIC DEVICE: Pictures are hung. People are hanged, see http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hang#Usage_notes --> himself.<ref name="NYDaily_20120112">{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/co-founder-reddit-hangs-brooklyn-apartment-article-1.1238852 | title=Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit and online activist, hangs himself in Brooklyn apartment, authorities say | newspaper=[[NY Daily News]] | date=January 12, 2013 | first1=Joe | last2=Trapasso | first2=Clare | first3=Larry | last1=Kemp | last3=Mcshane | quote=Swartz ... left no note before his Friday morning death in the seventh-floor apartment at a luxury Sullivan Place building, police sources said. | location=New York}}</ref><ref name = CBS_20120112 /><ref name="NYT2013">{{Cite news | first = John | last = Schwartz | title = Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, Apparently a Suicide | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html | publisher = ''The New York Times'' | date = January 12, 2013 | accessdate = January 13, 2013|registration=yes}}</ref> No [[suicide note]] was found.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://business.time.com/2013/01/14/mit-orders-review-of-aaron-swartz-suicide-as-soul-searching-begins/ |date=January 14, 2013|accessdate=January 16, 2013|title=MIT orders review of Aaron Swartz suicide as soul searching begins|work=Time | first =Sam | last = Gustin}}</ref> Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place." John Naughton states that Swartz "was hounded to suicide at the age of 26 by a vindictive US administration", but does not question whether his death in fact was a [[suicide]].<ref name=tg1/>
 
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Person.png Aaron Swartz   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Hacker)
BornAaron H. Swartz
1986-11-08
Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died2013-01-11 (Age 26)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materStanford University
Founder ofReddit
Victim ofPremature death

Aaron Swartz, according to John Naughton was an "internet activist who paid the ultimate price for his combination of genius and conscience."[1]

Death

On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman.[2][3] A spokeswoman for New York's Medical Examiner reported that he had hanged himself.[2][3][4] No suicide note was found.[5] Swartz's family and his partner created a memorial website on which they issued a statement, saying: "He used his prodigious skills as a programmer and technologist not to enrich himself but to make the Internet and the world a fairer, better place." John Naughton states that Swartz "was hounded to suicide at the age of 26 by a vindictive US administration", but does not question whether his death in fact was a suicide.[1]

 

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