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Charles Portis
American writer (1933–2020).
Born December 28th, 1933 in El Dorado.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 86 years old in Little Rock (Alzheimer's disease). [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