The Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro was based on Sacks' account of working with post-encephalitic patients.
Oliver Sacks Was A Boundless Explorer Of The Human Brain : Shots - Health News : NPR
Oliver Sacks, eminent neurologist and Awakenings author, dies aged 82, Oliver Sacks
Awakenings' Author, Famed Neurologist Oliver Sacks Dies at 82
Oliver Sacks, MD, Story-telling Neurologist, Dies at 82
Neurologist Oliver Sacks, scientific consumer of life, dies at 82
Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82
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British neurologist, writer Oliver Sacks dies aged 82
Oliver Sacks dead at 82: New York neurologist, professor who inspired the film 'Awakenings' was acclaimed medical poet – New York Daily News
Oliver Sacks Dead: Neurologist and 'Awakenings' Author Was 82
Oliver Sacks Dies at 82
Writing till death, Oliver Sacks offers words of healing - The Boston Globe