Alex Haley

American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist.

Born August 11th, 1921 in Ithaca.

Died February 10th, 1992 at 70 years old in Seattle (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
biographer, genealogist, historian, journalist, military personnel, novelist, screenwriter, writer
Wikipedia

It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks