Rain Man is dead

[skywalker]

SALT LAKE CITY - The man who inspired the title character in the Oscar-winning movie "Rain Man" has died.

Kim Peek was 58. His father, Fran, says Peek had a major heart attack Saturday morning and was pronounced dead at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray.

Peek was a savant with a remarkable memory and inspired writer Barry Morrow when he wrote "Rain Man," the 1988 movie that won four Academy Awards.

Kind of a celebrity, 2009 is the year of dead famous (or semi famous) people

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....in-man-dies-ap

[TR]

242 toothpicks!

[Bradley Nowell]

This article is incorrect. They were referring to Kim Fields, who played Tootie on The Facts of Life.