American writer (1943-2020).
Born March 23rd, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 17th, 2020 at 77 years old in Fairhope. [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