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Herberto Hélder
Portuguese writer (1930-2015).
Born November 23rd, 1930 in Funchal.
Died March 23rd, 2015 at 84 years old in Cascais (myocardial infarction).
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