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John McAfee, cyber security magnate, 1945-2021

Antivirus software creator made and lost a fortune before refashioning himself as a libertarian politician

When cyber security magnate John McAfee attempted to run for the White House in 2016, he invoked a Silicon Valley mantra from Steve Jobs in his campaign video, celebrating nonconformists: “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes.”

McAfee, who was found dead in a Spanish prison cell on Wednesday as a result of an apparent suicide, fitted each of those descriptions — and more. 

In his 75 years, the pioneer of his eponymous antivirus software built and lost a fortune, recast himself as a libertarian politician, and then as a cryptocurrency hype man — all while having repeated brushes with the law.

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