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Death of Stephen Hawking
Cambridge, United Kingdom
14 March 2018

Stephen Hawking has died peacefully in his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday. He was 76 years of age.

His family made the announcement, saying "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years,".

An award-winning physicist, Hawking wrote several influential books including "A Brief History of Time" and was was know for his work with black holes and relativity.

At the age of 22 he was given only a few years to live after having been diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease, which left him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life.

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