Dutch swimmer (1919–2003).
Born February 26th, 1919 in Rotterdam.
Died November 6th, 2003 at 84 years old in Rotterdam.
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