A Year Without Oliver Sacks
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Once, at the Havana airport, Sacks was asked if he might donate some clothing for those in need. He handed over his entire suitcase.
Orrin Devinsky remembers his best friend, Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author, who died last year.
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With months to live, neurologist Oliver Sacks gave a master class on how to die
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Awakenings' Author, Famed Neurologist Oliver Sacks Dies at 82
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Watch a Clip From the Oliver Sacks Documentary - Oliver Sacks
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Why Oliver Sacks Always Goes Too Far - The Atlantic
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Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author - Stock Image - C056/3801 - Science Photo Library
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Oliver Sacks, Neurologist Who Wrote 'Awakenings,' Dies at 82
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
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Oliver Sacks obituary, Oliver Sacks
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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Blu-ray) - Kino Lorber Home Video
Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview by Oliver Sacks: 9781612195773