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==Personal life== Hart cobbled together a living with the money he earned as an adjunct professor and with grants and donations to Project Gutenberg.<ref name="Langer">{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/project-gutenberg-creator-michael-s-hart-dies-at-64/2011/09/08/gIQA1DMFDK_story.html |title=Project Gutenberg creator Michael S. Hart dies at 64 |first=Emily |last=Langer |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=8 September 2011 |quote=Mr. Hart, 64, was found dead Sept. 6 at his home in Urbana, Ill. He had a heart attack, said his brother, Bennett Hart.}}</ref> He supported himself by doing odd jobs and used an unpaid appointment at [[Illinois Benedictine College]] to solicit donations for the project. "I know that sounds odd to most people, but I just never bought into the money system all that much. I never spent it when I got it. It's all a matter of perspective".<ref name="Schofield_Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/13/michael-hart-obituary |title=Michael Hart obituary |first=Jack |last= Schofield |date=13 September 2011 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Hart's expenses were minimized by his habits of using [[home remedies]], fixing his own house and car, and building computers, stereos, and other gear from discarded components.<ref name="Gutenberg_Founder" /><!-- this paragraph is close to being verbatim from source, although source is likely in the public domain --> Hart died on September 6, 2011, of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at his home in Urbana, Illinois. He was 64.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref name="Langer" />
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