R.I.P. Kim "Rain Man" Peek - Genius was death of World-protagonist 58-year-old

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Super-powers: super memory, proficient in history, literature, geography, and other 15 topics, the lifetime record of more than 9000 books

Genius "Rain Man" was the death of 58-year-old

December 23, 2009 Apple Daily

The film "Rain Man" (Figure 2, Data Center) source of inspiration for Kim Peek (Figure 1, the Associated Press), there is certainly never forget the super memory.

Who inspired the classic film "Rain Man" (Rain Man) true story? World-protagonist, Kim Peek.

(Kim Peek) died of heart attack last Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah Hospital. Passed away, was 58 years old. He was "Rain Man" has become the world's most renowned scholars Syndrome (Savant syndrome, or savantism) patients.

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1988 with the introduction of "Rain Man" and describes the actor has autistic tendencies, but ignored the figure has his memory, by Dustin Hoffman (Dustin Hoffman) plays, he won the Oscar winner to film honors , also made the world a glimpse into the world's scholars syndrome patients. Patients have developmental disorder problems, but the development of a single or multiple areas of expertise or special abilities. Study this disease scholars pointed out that almost all patients have a super memory, and nearly half of people with autism tend to. But not yet fully understand the medical reasons why they have such extraordinary ability.

Real-world master, Kim Peek was born in 1951,  diagnosed as mental retardation, but in 30 years found that he has extraordinary ability, proficient in history, literature, geography, music theory and other 15 categories, it could also reading with the left eye the left and right pages, respectively, 10 seconds reading a day can read eight books. In his death, he was more than 9000 of the contents of the book, if his hand.

However, he usually lives to be all-day care. In spite of excellent mental agility, his perceptual-motor skills are limited, unable to dress himself or combing their hair. Father Law Lan Pike (Fran Peek) alone provoked to take care of his work. Kim Peek has been very inward, until the Hoffman study, "Rain Man" role met with him, he would first remove the psychological barriers. Flange, said it was his first Zhengyan Kan strangers. Flange recalled the moment when Hoffman said: "I promised to let the whole world to share him."
After the film's release, Kim Peek suddenly become the focus of world attention, the U.S. NASA (NASA) also used NMR imaging to study the brain, the aim of resolving the mystery of supernatural power to its owner.

Profile of Kim Peek

Birth and Death: 1951/11/11 ~ 2009/12/19, had 58 years of age

Suffering: Savant syndrome
Symptoms: obstacles to development, perceptual-motor skills, limited