Belgian rower (1929–2013).
Born October 25th, 1929 in Wijnegem.
Died May 6th, 2013 at 83 years old in Antwerp.
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