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Robert Conquest

British historian and poet.

Born July 15th, 1917 in Malvern.

Died August 3rd, 2015 at 98 years old in Palo Alto (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
editor, historian, poet, science fiction writer, writer
Wikipedia

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