How did he die?
Edmund Thomas Clint
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Re: Edmund Thomas Clint
#12How did he die?
The wiki says kidney failure.
Re: Edmund Thomas Clint
#13I'm not going to yell out "hoax", but I will agree with the skepticism. Indian culture has a fascination with child prodigies, many of whom turn out to be much less than they were presented as. Ankit Fadia is perhaps the most well known example, although there are plenty of others in infosec, computer science and various other non-STEM fields. In addition, all of the references in this article come from a single sour…
This reminds me of the plot to a Mark Twain short story[1] about an artist that fakes his own death to profit from the posthumous increase in the value of his work. Been a while but I remember it being a a fun read.
[1]: Called "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3251/3251-h/3251-h.htm#link2H...
Re: Edmund Thomas Clint
#14How did he die?
Apparently he died of kidney failure in 1983. [1]
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20101006064100/http://rd-india.co...
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#16I'm not going to yell out "hoax", but I will agree with the skepticism. Indian culture has a fascination with child prodigies, many of whom turn out to be much less than they were presented as. Ankit Fadia is perhaps the most well known example, although there are plenty of others in infosec, computer science and various other non-STEM fields. In addition, all of the references in this article come from a single sour…
I don't know if Clint drew 25000 artworks in his lifetime (that looks astonishingly huge number), but he was indeed a prodigy well known in Kerala from a very small age (3 ish if I remember correctly)
A bit superlative (philosophical bent for a 4 year old!) but this video shows some work and photographs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoOPJ1w76I8
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#17I am amazed at a child painting 25,000 works.
I am angered at a rural child dying of fucking kidney failure
at seven.
He was younger than me, and damn it I am angry that we still have this shit going down.
Stuff it - lets do this (What can possibly go wrong)
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_metcalfe_we_need_money_for...