Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking passed at age 76 peacefully in Cambridge. He is famous for writing A Brief History of Time, including his black holes and relativity theories.
Living to the impressive age of 76, due to his diagnosis of motor neurone disease at the prime of his life when he was 22 years old.
He spent the majority of his life in a wheelchair and spoke through a voice synthesizer that allowed people to hear him.
Stephen Hawking discovered Hawking radiation meaning that "black holes leak energy and fade to nothing."
Furthermore, Sir Roger Penrose and Hawking proved "Einstein's general theory of relativity implies space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes."
His 3 children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim, ""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."
Source: www.bbc.com
