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Akilles Järvinen
Finnish athlete and decathlete (1905–1943).
Born September 19th, 1905 in Jyväskylä.
Died March 7th, 1943 at 37 years old in Tampere (falling from height).
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