đź“ŚRIP Stephen Hawking- what a legendÂ
Today 14 March our very big legend Stephen Hawking died.
The most popular question is "How did he died and what he said about his own death?"
How did he died?
This is among the top questions on people’s minds Wednesday morning, and it’s an important one to answer — if for no other reason than to acknowledge how miraculous is was that the renowned scientist lived for as long as he did.Hawking suffered from, and would ultimately succumb to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , which is also known as motor neurone disease . It is also commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is a debilitating disease that destroys the neurons which control voluntary muscles in the body.The professor was diagnosed at age 21 and spent most of his life confined to a wheelchair. He was one of the world’s longest survivors of ALS when he died at age 76.Â
 What he said about his own death?
Having been diagnosed with ALS at such a young age, Hawking was known to speak about his death.“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first,” Hawking said in 2011 during an interview with The Guardian. He also dismissed the notion of an afterlife in the same interview.“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail” he said. “There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.Â
RIP LEGEND STEPHEN HAWKING
 8 January 1942 - 14 March 2018
