https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow
Barlow, until his death, served on the EFF's board of directors, where he was listed as a co-founder after previously serving as vice chairman.[52] The EFF was designed to mediate the "inevitable conflicts that have begun to occur on the border between Cyberspace and the physical world". They were trying to build a legal wall that would separate and protect the Internet from territorial government, and especially from the US government.[53]
In 2012, Barlow was one of the founders of the EFF-related Freedom of the Press Foundation and also served on its board of directors until his death.[54] Barlow had several public conversations via video conference with fellow Freedom of the Press Foundation Board of Directors member Edward Snowden,[55][56] and has appeared in interviews with Julian Assange of WikiLeaks touting Snowden as "a Hero".[57]
Barlow had been a good friend and mentor to John F. Kennedy Jr., ever since his mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had made arrangements for her troublesome son to be a wrangler at the Bar Cross Ranch for six months in 1978. The two men later went on many double dates in New York City with Kennedy's then-girlfriend Daryl Hannah[94] and Cynthia.[95]
After a series of illnesses, Barlow suffered a near-fatal heart attack on May 27, 2015. He later reported that he was recovering.[100] Following a "prolonged hospitalization" for Barlow, the John Perry Barlow Wellness Fund was established in October 2016 to allay outstanding medical bills and "provide the quality and consistency of care that is critical to Barlow's recovery as he faces a variety of debilitating health conditions", including "extremely compromised mobility".[
Barlow died in his sleep on the night of February 7, 2018 at his San Francisco home, at the age of 70.