American actor, ampas member; mayor (1928-2014).
Born December 21st, 1928 in New Orleans.
Died August 9th, 2014 at 85 years old in Greensboro (heart failure).
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