Philip Johnson

American architect (1906–2005).

Born July 8th, 1906 in Cleveland. [ref]

Died January 25th, 2005 at 98 years old in New Canaan. [ref]

Occupations
architect, art historian
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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