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Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Man, died

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I met him in a hotel lobby in Visalia in the mid 90s. He was like an astral projection in reverse: he clearly was not really in our world, but rather in some other world, looking out into ours. His handler/helper talked to us, and he told me what day of the week I was born on and what my sign was and tricks like that.

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