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Oliver Sacks, Neurologist And Author Of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat," Dead At 82

The famed neurosurgeon had come out as gay earlier this year.

Oliver Sacks, acclaimed neurologist and author famous for exploring the brain's quirks, has died at the age of 82.

The author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat revealed in February that he was at the final stages of terminal cancer after a melanoma in his eye spread to his liver.

In an essay for the New York Times, he wrote, "A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out – a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver."

His book Awakenings, which was turned into an Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams, was based on his work with his patients who woke up after spending years in a catatonic state.

Sacks came out as gay for the first time this year in his autobiography, On the Move: A Life.

He revealed that he had been celibate for about 35 years before finding love and beginning a relationship with writer and New York Times contributor Bill Hayes in 2008.

h/t: New York Times 

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