Ilya Zhitomirskiy
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 Ilya Zhitomirskiy     (businessman, hacker) | |
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| Born | 12 October 1989 |
| Died | 12 November 2011 (Age 22) San Francisco |
Cause of death | Inert gas asphyxiation |
| Nationality | Russian, US |
| Victim of | premature death |
Ilya Zhitomirskiy co-developed Diaspora, a distributed social network which was marketed as a Facebook killer.
Activities
"Zhitomirskiy and his three co-founders have been very much rising stars in the tech startup world. Diaspora burst onto the scene by rasing more than $200,000 on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter while they were still at NYU."[1]
Death
CNN reported that on November 14, 2011 that "Zhitomirskiy committed suicide, a source close to the company told CNNMoney on Sunday." It did not report how.[2][3] An autopsy from the Medical Examiner's office formally ruled the death as a suicide in April 2012.[citation needed]
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