Aaron Swartz, internet freedom activist, dies aged 26

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Aaron Swartz, internet freedom activist, dies aged 26  DB's head is bowed



Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26.

The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and the state medical examiner said. His body was found on Friday. Mr Swartz began computer programming as a child, and at 14 co-authored an early version of the RSS specification.



The dude abided in code - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21001452