The Daily Mail’s tribute to Stephen Hawking who passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 76
Professor Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge Wednesday morning after a long battle with ALS - motor neurone disease, his family has revealed. His children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: 'He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years'.
Professor Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963 when he was 21 and he defied medical experts who said he would be dead within two years. In the following 55 years he became the world's most famous scientist since Albert Einstein for his work exploring the mysteries of space, time and black holes despite being wheelchair-bound and only able to communicate using a computer and his famous voice synthesizer.
The physicist famously said 'there is no heaven or afterlife' describing the belief that we live on after death as a 'fairy story'.
In a recent poll he was voted the 25th greatest Briton of all time and was immortalized in the 2014 Oscar-winning biopic The Theory of Everything, where he was played by Eddie Redmayne.
University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope said Wednesday: 'His exceptional contributions to scientific knowledge have left an indelible legacy. His character was an inspiration to millions'.
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