Barton Glasser/Deseret News, via Associated Press
Kim Peek gained wide recognition for his extraordinary memory.
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Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in “Rain Man.”
The film won four Oscars, including best picture, best actor and, for Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass, best original screenplay. But it never would have been made if Mr. Morrow had not had a chance meeting with Kim Peek, who inspired him to write the film.
Mr. Peek was not autistic — not all savants are autistic and not all autistics are savants — but he was born with severe brain abnormalities that impaired his physical coordination and made ordinary reasoning difficult. He could not dress
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