Obituaries: Clarke, Minghella, Wilde, Scofield

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Obituaries: Clarke, Minghella, Wilde, Scofield

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Arthur C Clarke passed away yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7304004.stm

As a child and teenager I read a fair few of his books and loved them. In later life I found out more about the man who had ideas about satellitle communication and moon landings way before anyone else. A genius man of science who will be very missed.

Anthony Minghella passed away too:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302841.stm

Can't quite believe this one. He was only 54 and a director I really respected.

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I saw Anthony come up on bbc news24 while I was sitting in a pub, but not Arthur! :(

As you say, a genius author with vision in science
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I knew about Anthony too but that's the first I've heard of Arthur C. Clarke :O.
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This seems to be the month for high-profile passings:

Brian Wilde:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7306954.stm

Paul Scofield:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7306378.stm
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