Russian film director and aviator (1920–1994).
Born December 1st, 1920 in Krasnodar.
Died March 2nd, 1994 at 73 years old in Moscow.
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