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Virginia Hamilton
Writer of children's books (1936-2002).
Born March 12th, 1936 in Yellow Springs.
Died February 19th, 2002 at 65 years old in Dayton (breast 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