John McAfee, 1945-2021

Published June 25, 2021 3:00am ET



John McAfee, the legendary software pioneer turned eccentric outlaw turned cryptocurrency kingpin, died of an apparent suicide at 75, just hours after learning that he would be extradited to the United States from Spain.

McAfee earned his millions from the eponymous McAfee virus protection software, a staple of personal computing for decades, but he earned his fame in later years, making regular transmissions from an outlaw lifestyle in Central America and then Europe, appearing in videos with scantily clad models, promoting recreational drug use, and, perhaps now most notably, predicting his death at the hands of law enforcement.

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