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Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90

'2001' author shaped space-age thought

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 18, 2008 8:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – Arthur C. Clarke, the sci-fi author who helped shape 20th-century scientific imagination, is dead at 90, the New York Times reports. The co-creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey faced post-polio syndrome in recent decades and died at his home in Sri Lanka due to breathing...   Read full story »

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