American historian (1909–2002).
Born January 11th, 1909 in Chicago.
Died June 11th, 2002 at 93 years old in Newtown.
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