American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992).
Born January 4th, 1910 in Oil City.
Died December 10th, 1992 at 82 years old in Woodstock.
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