American politician (1810-1876).
Born November 18th, 1810 in San Diego.
Died February 14th, 1876 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
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