American civil rights leader (1928–2005).
Born October 4th, 1928 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2005 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C. (colorectal cancer). [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