Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82 - The Columbian
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NEW YORK -- Dr. Oliver Sacks, whose books like "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" probed distant ranges of human experience by compassionately portraying people with severe and sometim
NEW YORK -- Dr. Oliver Sacks, whose books like The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat probed distant ranges of human experience by compassionately portraying people with severe and sometimes bizarre neurological conditions, has died. He was 82.
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Oliver Sacks, Neurologist Who Wrote About the Brain's Quirks, Dies at 82 - The New York Times
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Oliver Sacks dies at 82
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Oliver Sacks, 'Awakenings' Author and Neurologist, Dies at 82
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Oliver Sacks dead at 82: New York neurologist, professor who inspired the film 'Awakenings' was acclaimed medical poet – New York Daily News
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Oliver Sacks, doctor of 'Awakenings' and poet laureate of medicine, dies at 82 - The Washington Post
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Oliver Sacks Dead: Neurologist and 'Awakenings' Author Was 82
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Oliver Sacks dead at 82: New York neurologist, professor who inspired the film 'Awakenings' was acclaimed medical poet – New York Daily News
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Oliver Sacks, doctor of 'Awakenings' and poet laureate of medicine, dies at 82 - The Washington Post
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Oliver Sacks, M.D. Academy of Achievement