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Jacob Lawrence

African american painter and art professor (1917-2000).

Born September 7th, 1917 in Atlantic City. [ref]

Died June 9th, 2000 at 82 years old in Seattle (Patatús (heatstroke, heart attack) from the installation Naco Modern). [ref]

Occupations
draftsperson, painter
Wikipedia

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