[GZG] Arthur C Clarke

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those of you who have not yet heard, Arthur C Clarke has passed away.
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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 said.

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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