American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress and television producer.
Born April 26th, 1889 in Mount Shasta. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1981 at 92 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon