John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist and early cyberspace icon, dies at 70

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John Perry Barlow, cyberlibertarian activist, cattle rancher and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, died quietly in his sleep Wednesday morning. He was 70.

His death was confirmed in a statement by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the digital rights non-profit organization that he co-founded in 1990. FULL STORY
 
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