Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Mar 2008 10:37 UTC, submitted by Oliver
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. May he rest in peace, and I'd like to extend my sincere condolences to his family and friends. The pod-bay doors will open for the last time.
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Vendetta, Steve? The dude is already dead. I'm just trying to balance the thread. It is not unlikely that the many allegations are true, and in that case he deserves no respect at all. It's pretty much one of the worst crimes a person can do, famous sci. fi writer or not.
Now, that particular link was just a random hit when searching for the case. Granted, he was never convicted or even put on trial. That could say more about the corrupt country of Sri Lanka than his innocence (some articles claims several charges were dropped at the same time.)