Arthur C Clarke dies at the age of 90
British author Arthur C Clarke has passed away at his home in Columbo, Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
The Somerset man was most famous for 2001 : Space Odyssey but also penned stories under the names E. G. O’Brien and Charles Willis.
According to the TimesOnline Clarke had battled post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair.
His personal secretary, Rohan De Silva said that Sir Arthur had a cardio-respiratory attack and passed away at the Apollo Hospital near his home in Columbo.
Clarke’s condition had reportedly begun to deteriorate in recent weeks and he had been in hospital for four days.
Read the full story on the TimesOnline.
UPDATE : We received the following statement regarding the death of Sir Arthur Clarke from NASA this afternoon.
Alan Stern is the associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
"Arthur Clarke was a gifted writer of science and science fiction, and an unparalleled visionary of the future, inspiring countless young people throughout the middle and later 20th century with his hopeful vision of how spaceflight would transform societies, economies, and humankind itself.
"Although his personal odyssey here on Earth is now over, his vision lives on through his writing ; he will be sorely missed."
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