COUNTED, AND THE RACE HASN'T
OFFICIALLY BEEN CALLED.
TRIBUTES POURING FROM
AROUND THE WORLD TODAY TO HONOR
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST
ACCLAIMED SCIENTISTS.
STEPHEN HAWKING DIED TODAY
AT THE AGE OF 76 AT HIS HOME IN
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.
MARK PHILLIPS LOOKS BACK.
Reporter: HE WAS PROBABLY
THE BEST KNOWN SCIENTIFIC MIND
OF MODERN TIMES, AND THE MOST
FAMOUS DISABLED PERSON IN THE
WORLD.
STEPHEN HAWKING, WITH HIS
WHEELCHAIR AND HIS COMPUTER
SYNTHESIZED VOICE WAS AN
INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE FIGURE,
BECOMING THE SUBJECT OF A
POPULAR MOVIE, ONLY ENHANCED
HIS POPULARITY.
HAWKING WAS BORN IN OXFORD,
ENGLAND IN 1942.
HE WAS A 21-YEAR-OLD PH.D.
STUDENT WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, AND
TOLD HE HAD JUST A YEAR OR TWO
TO LIVE.
HE NOT ONLY LIVED FIVE DECADES
LONGER, HIS 1988 BOOK, A BRIEF
HISTORY OF TIME, EXPLAINING THE
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE IN
LAYMAN'S LANGUAGE, BECAME AN
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND
MADE HIM AN UNLIKELY WORLDWIDE
CELEBRITY.
WHEN HE TURNED 60, HE DID A
STAR TURN WITH ED BRADLEY ON
CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES.
IT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET SO
FAR.
Reporter: HAWKING WAS ONE OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RECIPIENTS OF
THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM, AND HE
TOOK A ZERO GRAVITY FLIGHT IN
2007, THE FIRST TIME IN 40
YEARS HE COULD MOVE WITHOUT THE
CHAIR.
HE HAD A ROLE ONSTAR TREK,
-- ON STAR TREK.
ON THE BIG BANG THEORY.
BUT HE KNEW HE HAD MADE IT ON
THE SIMPSONS.
BUT IT IS THE SCIENCE THAT WILL
ENDURE.
HERE'S A FUN FACT.
STEPHEN HAWKING WAS BORN ON THE
300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH
OF GALILEO AND HAS DIED ON
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S BIRTHDAY.
IT IS LIKE HE SAID, THERE MAY
BE ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE AFTER
ALL.
MARK PHILLIPS, CBS NEWS,
LONDON.
IT IS FUNNY, WATCHING THE
THEORY OF EVERYTHING.
WHEN AT 21 HE WAS DIAGNOSED,
WHEN THE DOCTORS GAVE HIM ONLY
A YEAR OR TWO TO LIVE, BUT TO
THINK HE WOULD LIVE DECADES
LONGER.
THE STARS OF THE BIG BANG
THEORY TWEETED IN LOVING MEMORY
OF STEPHEN HAWKING, IT WAS AN
HONOR TO HAVE HIM ON THE BIG
BANG THEORY, THANK YOU FOR
