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Erik Olin Wright

American sociologist (1947-2019).

Born February 9th, 1947 in Berkeley. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 2019 at 71 years old in Milwaukee (acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]

Occupations
sociologist, university teacher
Wikipedia

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