American human geneticist.
Born April 5th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 17th, 2013 at 88 years old in Hyde Park (ovarian cancer). [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