Lawrence Ferlinghetti

American artist, writer and activist (1919-2021).

Born March 24th, 1919 in Yonkers.

Died February 22nd, 2021 at 101 years old in San Francisco (interstitial lung disease). [ref]

Occupations
activist shareholder, bookseller, journalist, military officer, painter, peace activist, playwright, poet, publisher, translator, writer

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