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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951).

Born June 16th, 1867 in Askainen. [ref]

Died January 27th, 1951 at 83 years old in Lausanne (bowel obstruction).

Occupations
author, explorer, military officer, politician, statesperson

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner