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• Bobby Mcferrin updates

  
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  Robert “ Bobby” McFerrin , Jr. is a vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner. Bobby Mcferrin Bobby Mcferrin updates was first posted on December 22, 2009 at 7:16 pm.
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• Carrie Underwood Engagement Ring Picture

  
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  Latest updates about Carrie Underwood Engagement Ring Picture :- Carrie Underwood announced her engagement to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of the American Idol champ and her eye-popping engagement ring as she sat in Ottawa owner Eugene Melnyk’s luxury box watching her ...
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• Kim Peek the real “Rain Man” dies

  
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  Kim Peek, the real “Rain Man” whose powers of memory in spite of severe physical
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• The boys are back in town

  
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  How’s this for a front row line up… Hugh Jackman and Dustin Hoffman took the best seats in the house when they sat courtside at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night to watch the New York Knicks take on the Chicago Bulls. Clearly all done with their Christmas shopping, the guys took some time out to support the ...
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• RIP: Photographer Bob Willoughby, 1927-2009

  
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  Movie-set photographer Bob Willoughby died last week at the age of 82 from cancer. While he shot images of everyone from Billie Holiday to Mia Farrow for the pages of Life and Look magazines, he picked Audrey Hepburn as his muse — claiming she had a “smile that God designed to melt mortal men’s hearts.” ...
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• The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

  
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  1. Lady Gaga will play muse on Bravo’s new fashion competition show, Launch My Line, in an episode that will air on January 6. [via People]2. Sex and the City 2’s new teaser trailer includes a “New York State of Mind” soundtrack and the girls riding around the desert on camels. [via rPulse]3. T.I. was ...
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• Man who inspired Hoffman’s ‘Rain Man’ character passes away at 58

  
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  London, December 23 (ANI): Kim Peek, who was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, in the movie Rain Man, has died aged 58.Peek, dubbed as the ‘real Rain Man’, passed away after suffering a heart attack in Salt Lake City, Utah.The genius, who was classed as a ...
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• Dustin Hoffman

  
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  Name: Dustin HoffmanBirth Name: Dustin Lee HoffmanHeight: 5′ 5 1/2″Sex: MNationality: AmericanBirth Date: August 8, 1937Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USAProfession: actorEducation: Santa Monica City College (dropped out)Pasadena Playhouse, Actor’s StudioLos Angeles Conservatory of ...
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• The Rain Man Dies

  
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  Kim Peek,  The  real Rain Man, which inspired the film, starring Dustin Hoffman, , has died of a heart attack aged 58. He had a photographic memory, and could read a books page in ten seconds flat. He could even read both pages at once; the left one with his left eye, and the right one with his right eye. He was ...
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• Man Who Inspired Rain Man Passes Away

  
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  The name Kim Peek might not mean anything to you. But what if I said he was the man who inspired Rain Man ? MSNBC reports that the 58-year-old Peek had a major heart attack on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the hospital. While Rain Man was a fictional narrative, screenwriter Barry Morrow was inspired to ...
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• The real Rain Man dies of heart attack aged 58

  
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  Kim Peek, the real Rain Man whose almost unimaginable powers of memory were coupled with severe disabilities and who inspired the Oscar-winning film role played by Dustin Hoffman, has died of a heart attack in his home town of Salt Lake City, aged 58. Peek has been called a "mega-savant" for his ability to memorise ...
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• Kim Peek: The Real Rain Man dies

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  Kim Peek, who inspired Dustin Hoffmans character, dies aged 58.
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• Kim Peek Real Rain Man Dies

  
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  Kim Peek , the mega-savant who inspired the Oscar-winning movie, Rain Man , has died from a massive heart attack at the age of 58. Described as a mixture of disability and genius, Peeks ability to memorize trivia inspired the writer Barry Morrow to write Rain Man – Morrow subsequently gave his Academy Award to ...
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• Kim Peek – Telegraph.co.uk

  
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  Telegraph.co.uk Kim Peek Telegraph.co.uk Kim Peek , who died on December 19 aged 58, was the model for the autistic character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman. ... Kim Peek , Man Who Inspired “Rain Man,” Dies Twirlit "Rain Man" Kim Peek dead at ...
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• Kim Peek

  
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  Mega-savant whose exceptional mental agility and childlike emotions inspired the film Rain Man
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• Kim Peek, Man Who Inspired Rain Man, Dies

  
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  Kim Peek, the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning 1988 movie Rain Man, died of a heart attack Saturday at age 58, according to the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, Utah, Peeks home. He was known as a mega-savant who had mental handicaps but ... Read more Filed under: Movie News Permalink  |  Email this ...
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• "I have so many things in me that you cant even guess them all." — Kim Peek.

  
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  Kim Peek, the real "Rain Man," dead now, at 58. ... Mr Peek was diagnosed as severely mentally retarded and his parents were advised to place him in an institution and forget about him. Thirty years later, he was classified as a "mega-savant," a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and ...
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• Kim Peek, orignial Rainman, dies

  
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  Kim Peek, the inspiration behind the Dustin Hoffman role in the Oscar winning movie Rainman , has passed away at the age of 58 from a heart attack.  Peek was listed as a mega-savant by the age of 30 and was a genius in about 15 different subjects.  He had the ability to read a book two pages at a time with each eye ...
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• Real-life ‘Rain Man’ dies at 58

  
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  Kim Peek, the man on whom the titular character of the popular 1988 film Rain Man was based, has died of a massive heart attack at the age of 58. Peek was known as a “mega-savant,” diagnosed at the age of 9 months with severe mental retardation, but able by the age of 16 months to read and retain massive ...
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• R.I.P. the Real Rain Man

  
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  In the 1988 movie Rain Man Dustin Hoffman played a mega-savant. His character was based on Kim Peek, a man with a number of severe mental handicaps but also with some remarkable skills and abilities that still defy explanation. Kim Peek passed away a couple of days ago of a massive heart in Salt Lake City aged 58. ...
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