Jack Vance

American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916-2013).

Born August 28th, 1916 in San Francisco. [ref]

Died May 26th, 2013 at 96 years old in Oakland (old age). [ref]

Occupations
novelist, science fiction writer, writer
Wikipedia

Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius