American teacher and politician (1925-1978).
Born May 5th, 1925 in Lincoln.
Died November 18th, 1978 at 53 years old in Port Kaituma.
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