American philosopher, author and educator (1902-2001).
Born December 28th, 1902 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 28th, 2001 at 98 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
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