American author.
Born April 14th, 1879 in Richmond. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1958 at 79 years old in Richmond (cerebral hemorrhage).
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