Dutch rower.
Born April 15th, 1972 in Amsterdam.
Died October 14th, 2006 at 34 years old in Amsterdam (cancer, liver cancer). [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde