Oliver Sacks

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Oliver Sacks: A Neurologist At The 'Intersection Of Fact And Fable'

7:52am September 01, 2015

The neurologist, who died Sunday, saw "infinitely moving, dramatic, romantic situations" during his decades studying the human brain. Fresh Air remembers Sacks with two interviews from 1985 and 2012.

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Renowned British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, pictured in London in 1983, died Sunday of cancer. He was 82.

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Oliver Sacks Was A Boundless Explorer Of The Human Brain

5:05pm August 31, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

Oliver Sacks, the acclaimed British-American neurologist and author, has died of cancer at the age of 82.

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Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University in June 2009 in New York City. Sacks, a prolific author and commentator, has died at age 82.

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Oliver Sacks, Renowned Neurologist And Author, Dies At 82

3:51pm August 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

His book Awakenings, about reviving patients from a catatonic state, was turned into a 1990 film. He also wrote more than a dozen other books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.