Kim Peek, The Real 'Rain Main,' Has Died

You May Not Recognize his name, but there's a good chance you remember Rain Man, the 1988 movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

Hoffman's character, a Mega-Savant, was based on Peek.

As NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Salt Lake City, where the 58-year-old Peek lived:Read Morehttp://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/

Kim Peek, The Real 'Rain Main,' Has Died