Last photographs of Stephen Hawking emerge showing him enjoying a night out in Mayfair as his children pay tribute to the professor’s ‘brilliance and humor’ after he dies peacefully aged 76
Physicist Professor Stephen Hawking died this morning at his Cambridge home
His children have praised his ‘courage and persistence’ that inspired millions
Scientist diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963 and given 2 years to live
Illness was slower than expected and he married twice and had three children
Wrote 15 books and starred in The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory and Star Trek
His 1988 book A Brief History of Time sold more than ten million copies since
Hawking married Jane Wilde in 1965 and had children Robert, Lucy and Tim
They divorced in 1991 and he married his former nurse Elaine Mason in 1994
Elaine claims death ‘was a relief to him’ and says he proposed after their divorce
Tributes for the ‘brilliant mind’ whose ‘courage and humour was an inspiration’
By MARTIN ROBINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
14 March 2018
Professor Stephen Hawking has died today at the age of 76 – more than 50 years after he was given just two years to live.
The world’s most celebrated scientist passed away peacefully in Cambridge this morning after a long battle with motor neurone disease, his family has revealed.
Today the last pictures of Professor Hawking emerged and showed him out enjoying dinner in Mayfair with friends just before Christmas and his children visited his home today.
His former personal assistant has said the academic may have died following complications caused by a chest infection, which he suffers from every year.
Today Professor Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: ‘We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.
‘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’.
They also said their father’s ‘courage, persistence, brilliance and humour inspired people across the world’.
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.
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