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Ted Kaczynski has died

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  1. [2]
    oracle
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    AP: Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ has died in federal prison BBC: Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in US prison cell NYT: Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern...
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  2. oracle
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    Update from the NYT: Kaczynski Is Said to Have Died by Suicide in Prison

    Update from the NYT: Kaczynski Is Said to Have Died by Suicide in Prison

    Theodore J. Kaczynski, the “Unabomber,” who killed three people and injured 23 in a bombing spree stretching from 1978 to 1995, died by suicide at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina early Saturday, according to three people familiar with the situation.

    Emergency workers were called to Mr. Kaczynski’s cell at 12:23 a.m. at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Attempts to revive him in the prison and in an ambulance were unsuccessful, and he was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, officials said. He was 81.

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    Gramage
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    I know justice and revenge are completely different things, but it kinda feels shitty that he got to live till 81 and go out on his own terms. But whatever, the world is better without him in it...

    I know justice and revenge are completely different things, but it kinda feels shitty that he got to live till 81 and go out on his own terms. But whatever, the world is better without him in it either way.

    1. Nergal
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      My understanding is that his life was miserable after incarceration for some time. Whether or not that qualifies for revenge depends on your perspective, I guess. At the end of the day, he went...

      My understanding is that his life was miserable after incarceration for some time. Whether or not that qualifies for revenge depends on your perspective, I guess. At the end of the day, he went from a prodigal mathematician to a lonely old man in a cage.

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  4. drp
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    Wow, talk about an end of an era. There are certainly many who won’t be missing him.

    Wow, talk about an end of an era. There are certainly many who won’t be missing him.

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