NEW YORK: Renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, who explored the mysteries of the human brain in a series of best-selling books, died Sunday at age 82, the New York Times reported.

Sacks’ longtime personal assistant, Kate Edgar, told the Times he died at his home in New York after a battle with cancer.

Sacks was the author of the 1973 book “Awakenings,” which detailed his real-life experience with patients who suffered from a condition known as encephalitis lethargica, and how they were able to exit — however briefly — from their catatonic states with the aid of a drug.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2015

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