Canadian film director (1930-2009).
Born February 6th, 1930 in Vancouver.
Died June 15th, 2009 at 79 years old in Toronto (brain cancer). [ref]
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