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Rafael Vidal

Venezuelan swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.

Born January 6th, 1964 in Caracas.

Died February 12th, 2005 at 41 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).

Occupations
journalist, swimmer
Wikipedia

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche