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Grateful Dead Lyricist John Perry Barlow Dead at 70
John Perry Barlow, the writer who penned lyrics to several Grateful Dead songs, has died. Barlow—who was also a retired Wyoming cattle ranger and a cyberlibertarian political activist—passed away quietly in his sleep, according to a statement from Electronic Frontier Foundation, the non-profit digital rights group he co-founded. He was 70 years old. Barrow’s death follows a near-fatal 2015 heart attack, in which he flatlined for eight minutes.
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Boomer generation loses another artist. RIP