American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, lawyer (1928-1999).
Born January 23rd, 1928 in New Haven.
Died September 12th, 1999 at 71 years old in Honolulu.
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