Kim Peek Kim, Who Inspired 'Rain Man', Dies

Kim Peek, the man who inspired the 1988 movie 'Rain Man,' died last Saturday of a sudden heart attack. Peek, 58, was likely the world's most famous savant, enduring mental handicaps while at the same time possessing extraordinary gifts of memory and recall.

Kim Peek had a photographic or eidetic memory, but also social developmental disabilities, possibly resulting from congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, in the movie Rain Man. He was not autistic and likely had FG syndrome. LINK: The Presurfer

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Exerpt from Expedition ins Gehirn. LINK: Youtube