British rower (1915-1998).
Born June 4th, 1915 in Grantchester.
Died September 19th, 1998 at 83 years old in Hethersett (Parkinson's disease).
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