Recently Dead

Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, best known for writing the book 2001: A Space Odessey and the screenplay for the trippy Kubrick film, died at home in Sri Lanka early this morning from a cardio-respiratory attack. He was 90. Clarke had suffered from debilitating post-polio syndrome for 20 years and sometimes used a wheelchair. His valet, W K M Dharmawardena, said Clarke’s condition had begun to deteriorate in recent weeks and he had been in hospital for the past four days with breathing problems. Considered to be one of the Big Three of science-fiction with Robert A Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, Clarke wrote over 100 books and is credited with inventing the concept of communications satellites in 1945. (LATimes)

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