The Most Tragic Celebrity Deaths of All Time

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was a world-famous theoretical physicist, comsologist and author. At the time of his death at age 76, Hawking served as the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Hawking "died peacefully" at his home in Cambride, England.

Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death and ont he 139th anniversary of Einstein's birth. His life was depicted in The Theory of Everything, in which he was played by actor Eddie Redmayne.

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