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Guillaume Lekeu
Belgian composer (1870-1894).
Born January 20th, 1870 in Verviers. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1894 at 24 years old in Angers (typhoid fever). [ref]
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