'' Manfred Gnädinger '' ( Boehringen , Germany 1936 – Camelle , Spain , 28 December 2002 ) a.k.a. '' Man '' or '' O Alemán '' was a German hermit and sculptor who lived in the village of Camelle , on the Costa da Morte , in Galicia ( Spain ) . He lived a very simple and natural life , building sculptures on the beach where he lived and tending to his small garden . In November 2002 , when the oil spill of the Prestige destroyed his sculptures and the ecosystem of the area he lived in , it is thought that Man let himself die of melancholy and sadness , thus becoming a symbol of the destruction unleashed by the oil spill
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Manfred Gnädinger