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Kim Peek (Laurence Kim Peek) was born on 11 November, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., is an American savant, model for the protagonist of the film "Rain Man". Discover Kim Peek's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Laurence Kim Peek
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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 11 November, 1951
Birthday 11 November
Birthplace Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Date of death 19 December, 2009
Died Place Murray, Utah, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1951

Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant.

Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities.

1979

His father did not fully appreciate Peek's talents until 1979 when he correctly predicted that the plummeting Skylab would land near Perth, Australia.

1984

In 1984, screenwriter Barry Morrow met Peek in Arlington, Texas; the result of the meeting was the 1988 Academy Award-winning film Rain Man.

The character of Raymond Babbitt, although inspired by Peek, was depicted as being an individual with autism.

Dustin Hoffman, who portrayed Babbitt in the film, met Peek and other individuals that displayed savant mannerisms, studying their characteristics and nature in order to play the role as accurately as possible.

The movie led to a number of requests for appearances, which increased Peek's self-confidence.

Barry Morrow gave Peek his Oscar statuette to carry with him and show at these appearances; it has since been referred to as the "Most Loved Oscar Statue" because it has been held by more people than any other.

Peek also enjoyed approaching strangers and showing them his talent for calendar calculations by telling them on which day of the week they were born and what news items were on the front page of major newspapers that day.

Peek also appeared on television.

He traveled with his father, who took care of him and performed many motor tasks that Peek found difficult.

1988

He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man.

Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, he is now thought to have had FG syndrome.

The Utah Film Center's Peek Award honors his legacy.

Laurence Kim Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, a condition in which the bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is missing; in Peek's case, secondary connectors such as the anterior commissure were also missing.

There is speculation that his neurons made unusual connections due to the absence of a corpus callosum, resulting in an increased memory capacity.

According to Peek's father, Fran (Francis) Peek, Kim was able to memorize things from the age of 16–20 months.

Peek read books, memorized them, and then placed them upside down on the shelf to show that he had finished reading them, a practice he maintained all his life.

He could speed through a book in about an hour and remember almost everything he had read, memorizing vast amounts of information in subjects ranging from history and literature, geography and numbers to sports, music and dates.

Peek read by scanning the left page with his left eye, while reading the right page with his right eye.

According to an article in The Times newspaper, he could accurately recall the contents of at least 12,000 books.

Peek lived in Murray, Utah, and spent a considerable amount of his time reading at the Salt Lake City Library and demonstrating his capabilities at schools, with great help from his father.

Peek did not walk until he was four years old, and even then in a sidelong manner.

He could not button up his shirt and had difficulty with other ordinary motor skills, presumably due to his damaged cerebellum, which normally coordinates motor activities.

In psychological testing, Peek yielded superior ability in the performance sub-tests and limited ability in the verbal sub-tests, leading his overall IQ of 87 not to be considered a valid measure of his cognitive ability.

In his adult life, Peek attended the Columbus Center and earned $40 a week doing payrolls for 86 employees at the Salt Lake City School District.

The intent was to create a three-dimensional view of his brain structure and to compare the images to MRI scans performed in 1988.

These were the first tentative approaches in using non-invasive technology to further investigate Kim's savant abilities.

2004

In 2004, scientists at the Center for Bioinformatics Space Life Sciences at the NASA Ames Research Center examined Peek with a series of tests including computed tomography (CT scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

2008

A 2008 study concluded that Peek probably had FG syndrome, a rare X chromosome-linked genetic syndrome that causes physical anomalies such as hypotonia (low muscle tone) and macrocephaly (abnormally large head).

2009

Peek died of a heart attack at his home on December 19, 2009, aged 58.

Barry Morrow put his own Oscar statuette on permanent loan to Salt Lake City in memory of Kim Peek and put forward the money for the Peek Award, which "pays tribute to artists, media makers, and film subjects who are positively impacting our society's perception of people with disabilities" and is given out by the Utah Film Center.