Subject: RIP Hawking
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Posted on: 2018-03-14 19:59:00 UTC
Good going beating the doctor's diagnosis by 53 years and counting. Now you just have to wait for someone else to come close to your record.
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R.I.P. Stephen Hawking by
on 2018-03-14 05:26:00 UTC
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/nobel-prize-winning-scientist-stephen-hawking-dies-76/story?id=53729818
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Stephen Hawking died early Wednesday morning, a family spokesman told ABC News. He was 76.
Hawking, who wrote several influential books including "A Brief History of Time," was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1962.
The family did not disclose the cause of death, but said he “died peacefully” at his home in Cambridge, England.
“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," the family said in a statement.
"His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humor 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,” it added.
He leaves behind a wife, Lucy, and two sons, Robert and Tim. -
Re: R.I.P. Stephen Hawking by
on 2018-03-15 05:02:00 UTC
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Well that's depressing news. God rest, good sir, may you be able to walk freely in the afterlife...
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Re: R.I.P. Stephen Hawking by
on 2018-03-15 01:39:00 UTC
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He is a great inspiration to me, and will be missed.
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(solemnly salutes) by
on 2018-03-15 01:05:00 UTC
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A toast to the fallen hero!
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Farewell to the Hawk. He will be missed. (nm) by
on 2018-03-14 21:42:00 UTC
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*makes a brief re-appearance* by
on 2018-03-17 00:24:00 UTC
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But seriously, it is a shame. But given all that he has done in what could have been described as borrowed time, it's quite amazing.
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RIP Hawking by
on 2018-03-14 19:59:00 UTC
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Good going beating the doctor's diagnosis by 53 years and counting. Now you just have to wait for someone else to come close to your record.
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I've just discovered... by
on 2018-03-14 17:30:00 UTC
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... that he was and is (apparently) the only person to have portrayed themselves in an episode of Star Trek. Here he is. Now that's a legacy worth remembering.
Also, y'know, the thing where he discovered more than anyone ever about black holes while confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak unaided, wrote one of the only popular science books that most people can name, and was one of very few living scientists with actual name recognition. But pfft, the fandom thing is much more impressive. Hey, Wikipedia says he asked to sit in Picard's chair during filming - and got to!
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Did he really? by
on 2018-03-14 22:00:00 UTC
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That's amazing. Made me smile to find it out. :)
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Like Aegis said... by
on 2018-03-14 06:07:00 UTC
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...It's hard to believe he's dead. He just sort of felt like a fact, you know?
He'll live on for many years indeed.
“There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.”