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Sven Tumba
Swedish athlete (1931-2011).
Born August 27th, 1931 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died October 1st, 2011 at 80 years old in Stockholm (prostate cancer). [ref]
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