French baritone and composer.
Born January 15th, 1830 in Moulins.
Died November 9th, 1914 at 84 years old in Paris. [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