Patriarch of the chaldean catholic church (1927–2014).
Born October 26th, 1927 in Tel Keppe. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2014 at 86 years old in San Diego (disease).
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