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Lee Atwater

American political consultant and strategist.

Born February 27th, 1951 in Atlanta.

Died March 29th, 1991 at 40 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).

Occupations
political adviser
Wikipedia

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche