Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76

Incredibly famous physicist Stephen Hawking has kicked the bucket at 76 years old. 

He kicked the bucket gently at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. 

The British researcher was celebrated around the world for his work with dark openings and relativity, and composed a few prevalent science books including A Brief History of Time. 

At 22 years old Prof Hawking was given just a couple of years to live subsequent to being determined to have an uncommon type of engine neurone malady. 

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The ailment left him in a wheelchair and to a great extent unfit to talk aside from through a voice synthesizer. 

In an announcement his youngsters, Lucy, Robert and Tim, stated: "We are profoundly disheartened that our darling father passed away today. 

"He was an awesome researcher and a phenomenal man whose work and heritage will live on for a long time." 

They lauded his "valor and determination" and said his "brightness and diversion" motivated individuals over the world. 

"He once stated, 'It would not be a lot of a universe in the event that it wasn't home to your loved ones.' We will miss him until the end of time." 

A book of sympathy has been opened at Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, where Prof Hawking was a kindred.

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