Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential scientists in the modern era, has died at age 76.


A spokesperson for his family released a statement saying he died peacefully at his home in Cambridge, England.

“It is with great sadness we announce the death of Professor Stephen Hawking,” the statement said. “Professor Hawking died peacefully at his home in the early hours of this morning.”

“His family have kindly requested that they be given the time and privacy to mourn his passing, but they would like to thank everyone who has been by Professor Hawking’s side — and supported him — throughout his life.”

Hawking is survived by his three children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim. The three also released 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. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour 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.


Fellow scientists offered their condolences on social media, including renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

“His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake,” deGrasse Tyson said on Twitter. “But it’s not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure.”


“Stephen Hawking was the rare famous scientist who deserved every bit of his fame,” Sean Carroll, a physicist at Caltech, tweeted. “A brilliant physicist and an inspirational person. And quite a character.”

Hawking, a theoretical physicist, made several discoveries that transformed the way scientists viewed black holes and the universe.

Though he was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — a neurodegenerative disease that impaired his motor functions and confined him to a wheelchair — he went on to become a mathematics professor, and eventually the director of research at the University of Cambridge’s Center for Theoretical Cosmology.

Hawking was also known to bridge the gap on complicated subjects by infusing humor and wit during his lectures.

“I recall when we has giving lectures and it was a huge effort for him to speak (before the tracheotomy and the computer voice) he still made the effort to throw jokes in,” Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said on Twitter.


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Whether you're made by evolution or by resolution you will die one day! Whether a man believes God exists or not, He stands waiting at the end to judge.

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He visited the Pope and was converted. He died a Christian

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