American composer and pianist of cuban descent (1908-2004).
Born September 5th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died January 14th, 2004 at 95 years old in Berkeley (myocardial infarction).
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