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[aging, nonagenarian] Scientific Visionary

Arthur C. Clarke, 90; Scientific Visionary from the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required) Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the landmark film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” has died. He was 90. The knighted British-born writer died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had made his home for decades, after experiencing a cardio- respiratory attack, his secretary, Rohan De Silva, told Reuters. Clarke wrote scores of fiction and nonfiction books (some in collaboration) and more than 100 short stories — as well as hundreds of articles and essays. Among his best-known science-fiction novels are “Childhood’s End,” “Rendezvous With Rama,” “Imperial Earth” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-clarke19mar19,1,3583860.story Or: http://snipurl.com/223jz