Oliver Sacks, Famed Neurologist and 'Awakenings' Author Dies at 82.

Oliver Sacks, Famed Neurologist and 'Awakenings' Author Dies at 82 (ABC News)

Renowned neurologist and author of "Awakenings" Oliver Sacks died today. He was 82.

His assistant, Kate Edgar, told The New York Times the cause was cancer. ABC News was unable to reach Edgar.

A statement on Sacks' website today also confirmed his death.

Sacks, a professor of neurology at New York University School of Medicine, announced in February a rare eye tumor had spread to his liver and that he was in the stages of terminal cancer.


By GILLIAN MOHNEY.
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