My life with Oliver Sacks: 'He was the most unusual person I had ever known', Oliver Sacks
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In this extract from his memoir, Bill Hayes, partner of Oliver Sacks, recalls the neurologist’s unworldly charm, their remarkable stay with Björk in Iceland, and the dignity of Sacks’s final weeks
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Oliver Sacks on how an unconventional childhood shaped his love of science
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Oliver Sacks describes his unusual life in 'On the Move
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Oliver Sacks: His Own Life REVIEW: A truly inspirational documentary, Films, Entertainment
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Oliver Sacks' Infinite Curiosity
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - University College Oxford
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Openly Gay Author, Neurologist Oliver Sacks Dead At 82 - Towleroad Gay News
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Oliver Sacks, M.D. Academy of Achievement
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On the Move,' by Oliver Sacks - The New York Times
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Oliver Sacks's legacy
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Oliver Sacks, Biography, Books, & Facts
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Oliver Sacks, doctor of 'Awakenings' and poet laureate of medicine, dies at 82
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks