Canadian filmmaker and actor.
Born March 11th, 1930 in Montreal. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1986 at 56 years old in Montreal (drowning).
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