French composer and pianist.
Born August 8th, 1857 in Batignolles. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1944 at 86 years old in Monte Carlo. [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