#UPDATE “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today,” the children of the British physicist Stephen Hawking say in a statement announcing his death. “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.”

#UPDATE "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," the children of the British physicist Stephen Hawking say in a statement announcing his death.
"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years." pic.twitter.com/6e5iPSAOy2

— AFP news agency (@AFP) March 14, 2018

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