Piergiorgio Welby

Italian poet, painter and activist (1945–2006).

Born December 26th, 1945 in Rome.

Died December 20th, 2006 at 60 years old in Rome (euthanasia). [ref]

Occupations
activist, artist, human rights defender, poet
Wikipedia

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon