Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76.
He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.
The British scientist was famed for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.
At the age of 22 Prof Hawking was given only a few years to live after being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease.
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No matter who we are or what we achieve, death, comes to us all. No one can doubt that Stephen beat the odds on longevity with his condition & achieved so much in so doing. His contribution to Humankind will not pass with him but instead will endure forever.
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