Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

- BBC NEWS -

World renowned physicist

Stephen Hawking

has died at the age of 76.

He died peacefully at his home in

Cambridge in the early hours

of Wednesday,

his family said.

The British Scientist was famed for

his work with black holes and relativity,

and wrote several popular science

books including A Brief History of Time.

At the age of 22 Prof Hawking was given

only a few years to live after being

diagnosed with a rare form of motor

neurone disease.