Stephen Hawkins
He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, March 14th 2018, 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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