American newspaper columnist (1922–2005).
Born October 19th, 1922 in Long Beach.
Died December 17th, 2005 at 83 years old in Bethesda (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks