It seems that there has been an unusual number of celebrity deaths lately, and not just the several last posts I've put up on bizofshowbiz.
The latest is science fiction lover and author Arthuc C. Clarke, who was confirmed to have died to day in Sri Lanka, which he considered his adopted home. He lived in the capital of Colombo.
As most of his fans know, he had struggled with post-polio sydrome for over 40 years, and had trouble breathing before he died at about 1:30 am, said Rohan De Silva, Clarke's personal secretary.
“Sir Arthur passed away a short while ago at the Apollo Hospital [in Colombo]. He had a cardio-respiratory attack,” said De Silva.
While most people know of Clarke's prolific output as a writer, where he penned over 100 books, it's less known by the general public that Clarke introduced the first principles concerning satellite communications, and predicted their emergence: 25 years before they were put into practical application.
The other accomplishment most the public does know of Clarke, was the story which Stanley Kubrick took and made famous: "2001: A Space Odyssey," which was based on his popular short story "The Sentinal," along with "Encounter in the Dawn."
Clarke was the last survivor of what many called the "Big Three" in science fiction, which included Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein.
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