American author.
Born May 30th, 1922 in Somerville. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2003 at 81 years old in Milton (diabetes). [ref]
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