English novelist (1940–1989).
Born May 13th, 1940 in Sheffield. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1989 at 48 years old in Nice (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
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