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José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888-1942).

Born November 6th, 1888 in Havana. [ref]

Died March 8th, 1942 at 53 years old in New York City (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Occupations
chess player, diplomat, non-fiction writer

For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker