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Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian double olympic marathon champion.

Born August 7th, 1932 in Shewa.

Died October 25th, 1973 at 41 years old in Addis Ababa (cerebral hemorrhage).

Occupations
athletics competitor, long-distance runner, marathon runner
Wikipedia

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel