Well that's depressing news. God rest, good sir, may you be able to walk freely in the afterlife...

He is a great inspiration to me, and will be missed.

A toast to the fallen hero!

May we all transcend our limits as he did!

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.

... 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!

... :(

hS

...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.”