Dan O'Bannon

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009).

Born September 30th, 1946 in St. Louis.

Died December 17th, 2009 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (Crohn's disease). [ref]

Occupations
actor, documentary participant, film actor, film director, film editor, science fiction writer, screenwriter
Wikipedia

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs