Internet Folk Hero Founded Reddit, DEAD

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Internet Folk Hero Founded Reddit, DEAD

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0113-aaron-swartz-20130113,0,5232490.story

All he wanted is free content for Internet users so he stole it now he was going to go to jail for a long time so he killed himself.
Not quite, he hadn't gone to trial yet and he suffered from depression.

According to his blog: "Once again, I’ve been sick — this time, with four different illnesses."

Depression affects the whole body, it isn't just a mind set that those suffering from it can just shake off.

Too bad, he was just a kid and very bright at that. Doesn't sound like he was in treatment although it doesn't say that.