[Skryptec]

The esteemed cosmologist was a household name and inspiration across the globe because of his mental genius and physical disability. His work ranged from the origins of the universe itself, through the tantalising prospect of time travel to the mysteries of space's all-consuming black holes.

"We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," Professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency.

“He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.

“His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world.

“He once said, ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him forever.”

Hawking defied predictions he would only live for a few years after developing a form of motor neurone disease that left him confined to a wheelchair.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/wor...6-10042116

[Qlova]

He really was an inspiration after accomplishing so much after only been given a few years to live. The work he did was amazing and he will forever live on theough it.

RIP.

[Oni]

RIP, his name will be next to the other geniuses of this century.

[chesterbeatdeath]

I am hugely saddened by this loss. He'll be remembered with others like Newton and Einstein.
I'll miss his thinking immensely.

[Nil]

Damn, thank for sharing. Been on the internet all week and haven't even heard this.

[Oni]

"Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up." - Stephen Hawking

[Jiggly]

Incredible man, despite the odds life placed against him. Gutted to hear he passed away, but not before they made a film about him!

RIP, his name will be next to the other geniuses of this century.

True. Not an easily forgotten mind.

[mothered]

Another wonderful soul lost. Given the nature of Motor Neurone Disease, he certainly lived beyond expectations.

May he rest In peace.