Jean-Dominique Bauby
publication date: Sunday, February 10, 2008 (part of Round XXXIII)
category: Health
clue: Think you can spell out your guess by blinking one eye?
explanation: Bauby suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed except for one eye. He slowly blinked out his memoirs, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and the film adaptation received several Oscar nominations in 2008. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Aaron Shurtleff, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Walter Chesser, Jim Kraus, Allison Bair, Sam Boyarsky, Jesse Vengrove, and Eric Wallhagen
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