Australian swimmer, olympic silver medallist, politician, businessman (1891-1956).
Born May 13th, 1891 in Melbourne.
Died May 29th, 1956 at 65 years old in Melbourne (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