(Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times) CHESTER HIGGINS JR./STF Show More Show Less Sacks, who explored some of the brain's strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," achieving a level of renown rare among scientists, died on Aug. Oliver Sacks at his home in New York on Feb. (Lewis Whyld/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE Lewis Whyld/SUB Show More Show Less 4 of4 FILE - Dr. Sacks died Sunday at his home in New York City, his assistant, Kate Edgar, said. Oliver Sacks, whose books like "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" probed distant ranges of human experience by compassionately portraying people with severe and sometimes bizarre neurological conditions, has died. 26, 2008 file photo of Dr Oliver Sacks, receiving his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE ), by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London. Chris McGrath/Staff Show More Show Less 3 of4 FILE - This is a Nov. Show More Show Less 2 of4 "Gratitude" is neurologist and author Oliver Sacks' final novel. 1 of4 "Gratitude" is neurologist and author Oliver Sacks' final novel.
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