William Styron

American novelist and essayist.

Born June 11th, 1925 in Newport News. [ref]

Died November 1st, 2006 at 81 years old in Martha's Vineyard (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
military personnel, writer
Wikipedia

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