Philanthropist and arts patron.
Born July 10th, 1882 in Mineola. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1975 at 93 years old in London (disease). [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