Ted Kaczynski, the infamous ‘Unabomber,’ passed away in prison at 81.
Background: Kaczynski, a Harvard-educated mathematician, conducted a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others.
* He was dubbed the “Unabomber” by the FBI and has been imprisoned since May 1998.
* Kaczynski died at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina, and the cause of death is not immediately known.
The impact: Kaczynski’s homemade bombs changed the way Americans mailed packages and boarded airplanes, even virtually shutting down West Coast air travel in 1995.
* His manifesto, “Industrial Society and Its Future,” led to his capture after his brother recognized the treatise’s tone and tipped off the FBI.
The legacy: While initially seen as a criminal mastermind, Kaczynski is remembered as a wild-eyed hermit who lived in a one-room shack in Montana.
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