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Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

English writer (1920-2014).

Born March 31st, 1920 in Asthall Manor.

Died September 24th, 2014 at 94 years old in Chatsworth House (disease).

Occupations
autobiographer, businessperson, non-fiction writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche