Brazilian un diplomat and humanitarian aid officer (1948–2003).
Born March 15th, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died August 19th, 2003 at 55 years old in Baghdad.
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