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Väinö Ikonen

Finnish wrestler (1895–1954).

Born October 5th, 1895 in Tuusniemi.

Died February 10th, 1954 at 58 years old in Helsinki.

Occupations
amateur wrestler, athletics competitor, pole vaulter

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs