Ady Barkan
American political activist
Died when: 39 years 318 days (478 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Ady Barkan (Hebrew: ??? ????; born December 18, 1983) is an American lawyer and liberal activist.He is a co-founder of the Be a Hero PAC and is an organizer for the Center for Popular Democracy, where he led the Fed Up campaign.
Barkan confronted Senator Jeff Flake on a plane in 2017, asking him to "be a hero" and vote no on a tax bill.
Barkan, who was diagnosed with the terminal neurodegenerative disease ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2016 shortly after the birth of his son, has been called "the most powerful activist in America." In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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