Paul Bowles

American composer and writer (1910–1999).

Born December 30th, 1910 in Queens. [ref]

Died November 18th, 1999 at 88 years old in Tangier (heart failure). [ref]

Occupations
author, composer, music critic, photographer, translator, writer
Wikipedia

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.