cbclark4
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: Space Odyssey Requiem - Dead at 90 |
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Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90
Longtime Sri Lanka resident wrote more than 100 books, including �2001�
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer
who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science
and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an
aide said. He was 90.
Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s
and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. local time after
suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva told The Associated
Press.
Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, lured by his interest in marine
diving � which he said was as close as he could get to the weightless
feeling of space. �I�m perfectly operational underwater,� he once said.
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