Editing Oliver Sacks (section)

==Death and legacy==
Sacks died from cancer on 30 August 2015, at his home in [[Manhattan]] at the age of 82, surrounded by his closest friends.<ref name=OLSacks.NYTobit/>

In his obituary in ''[[The New York Times]]'' he was described as "a man of contradictions: candid and guarded, gregarious and solitary, clinical and compassionate, scientific and poetic, British and almost American. 'In 1961, I declared my intention to become a United States citizen, which may have been a genuine intention, but I never got round to it,' he told ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2005."<ref name= OLSacks.NYTobit/>

The 2019 documentary ''[[Oliver Sacks: His Own Life]]'' by [[Ric Burns]] was based on "the most famous neurologist" Sacks; it noted that during his lifetime neurology resident applicants often said that they had chosen neurology after reading Sacks's works.<ref name=Wijdicks2002>{{cite book |last1=Wijdicks |first1=Eelco F. M. |title=Neurocinema—The Sequel: A History of Neurology on Screen |date=2022 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-000-54916-4 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=soZjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT58 |chapter=3. The neurologist in film|pages=55–58}}</ref> The film includes documents from Sacks's archive.<ref name="Schuessler a361">{{cite web |last=Schuessler |first=Jennifer |date=4 October 2024 |title=Oliver Sacks Archive Heads to the New York Public Library |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/arts/oliver-sacks-archive-nypl.html |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 2019, [[A. A. Knopf]] signed a contract with the historian and biographer [[Laura J. Snyder]] to write a biography of Sacks based on exclusive access to his archive.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contribute to an Oliver Sacks Biography!|url=https://www.oliversacks.com/contribute-to-an-oliver-sacks-biography/|website=www.oliversacks.com|date=9 July 2019 }}</ref>

In 2024, the [[New York Public Library]] announced that it had acquired Sacks's archive, including 35,000 letters, 7,000 photographs, manuscripts of his books, and journals and notebooks.<ref name="Schuessler a361" /><ref>{{cite web |date=4 October 2024 |title=The New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Oliver Sacks |url=https://thecitylife.org/2024/10/04/the-new-york-public-library-acquires-archive-of-oliver-sacks/ |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=City Life Org}}</ref> In 2024, [[Alfred A. Knopf]] published a collection of his letters, edited by Kate Edgar.<ref>[https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-books/letters/ ''Letters'']</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/books/review/oliver-sacks-letters.html Review] by [[Dwight Garner]], ''The New York Times'', 4 November 2024.</ref>