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Horst Bienek
German writer.
Born May 7th, 1930 in Gliwice. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1990 at 60 years old in Munich (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon