Dies of cancer Oliver Sacks, neurologist and writer – Times

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The neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks died yesterday at his home in New York at 82 years of age, as reported in its online edition The New York Times. The popular writer, who became famous with titles like “The man who mistook his wife for a hat”, spent his clinical cases, patients and diseases trying to think about consciousness and the human condition. The New York newspaper quoted his personal assistant Kate Edagr, who confirmed that death was due to his cancer.

In an article published in February by the newspaper, Sacks, born in London, announced that a his eye melanoma had spread to the liver and was terminal.

His uncommon popularity among scientists allowed to sell over a million copies in the United States and even his book “Awakenings” (1973 ) on a group of patients with rare cases of encephalitis was born in 1990 movie starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

The New York Times recalls a quote from the popular author, who received more than 10,000 letters a year, and “invariably replied to those under 10 years, 90 years or older people who are in prison.”

In his book he tells readers as Tourette’s syndrome or Asperger .

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