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He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.
Factfile: Stephen Hawking
Source: Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
RIP hawking! you will be remembered forever!
Factfile: Stephen Hawking
- Born 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England
- Earned place at Oxford University to read natural science in 1959, before studying for his PhD at Cambridge
- By 1963, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given two years to live
- Outlined his theory that black holes emit "Hawking radiation" in 1974
- Published his book A Brief History of Time in 1988, which has sold more than 10 million copies
- His life story was the subject of the 2014 film The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne
Source: Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
RIP hawking! you will be remembered forever!
