American screenwriter (1909-1952).
Born August 22nd, 1909 in New York City. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1952 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks