Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the science fiction writer, has died aged 90 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, it was confirmed tonight.

Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30am after suffering breathing problems, his personal secretary Rohan De Silva said.

“Sir Arthur passed away a short while ago at the Apollo Hospital [in Colombo]. He had a cardio-respiratory attack,” he said.

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He was a very clever soul.

He was almost unpublished when he wrote about satellites being used for communication back after WW2 because it was so unbelievable to everyone. Geo-synchronous orbit is also called a Clarke Orbit.

I liked his books too.

He also had a few TV shows here and there. They were very interesting. He seemed to be a good spirit.