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Article: Writer remembered for not growing up Sci-fi writer Clarke buried in brief, secular funeral in his adopted homeland of Sri Lanka.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2008
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Byline: KRISHAN FRANCIS
By Krishan Francis
The Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka
Science fiction visionary Arthur C. Clarke was buried Saturday to the music of his most famous work, the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," as tearful mourners spoke of his wish to be remembered as someone who "never grew up."
Clarke, who moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, died at a Colombo hospital Wednesday at age 90 after years of suffering debilitating post-polio syndrome.
In the days since Clarke's death, students, space enthusiasts, politicians and Buddhist monks traveled to his Colombo home to pay their last respects and to salute a man ...
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