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Press release from St. Louis Science Center:
March 19, 2022
On this date in 2008, English science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke passed away at the age of 90. Clarke, who was best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, helped popularize space travel. He wrote many nonfiction books which described the basics of space flight for a general audience. He died from complications related to his previous contraction of polio in 1962. He was buried in Sri Lanka where he lived for most of his life.
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