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NEW THIS MORNING, RENOWNED
BRITISH PHYSICIST STEPHEN
HAWKING IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF
76.
DIAGNOSED WITH LOU GEHRIG'S
DISEASE AS A YOUNG MAN.
CBS4'S TINA KRAUS LOOKS BACK AT
HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
Reporter: HE WAS FAMOUS FOR
HIS WORK ON THE ORIGINS OF THE
UNIVERSE FROM THE BIG BANG TO
BLACK HOLES.
DIAGNOSED WITH LOU GEHRIG'S
DISEASE AS A YOUNG MAN, HE WAS
CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR.
AND SPOKE THROUGH A COMPUTER.
BUT HAWKING WAS LIVING PROOF
PEOPLE COULD OVERCOME EVEN THE
GREATEST OBSTACLES.
FOR ME THAT IS QUITE AN
ACHIEVEMENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET SO
FAR.
Reporter: HIS 1988 BOOK "A
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME" BECAME A
BEST SELLER AND MADE HIM AN
UNLIKELY INTERNATIONAL
CELEBRITY.
AND A CAMEO ON "THE SIMPSONS"
--
STEPHEN HAWKING?
Reporter: BROUGHT HIM
GREATER FAME.
I WANTED TO SEE YOUR UTOPIA.
BUT NOW I SEE IT IS MORE OF A
FRUITOPIA.
THE EPISODE WAS VERY FUNNY.
AND ALMOST AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW
ME THROUGH THAT AS THROUGH MY
SCIENCE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
Reporter: PRESIDENT OBAMA
AWARDED HAWKING THE MEDAL OF
FREEDOM IN 2009 FOR PUSHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING
WAS A BRILLIANT MAN AND A
MEDIOCRE STUDENT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Reporter: AND HE KEPT ON
PUSHING.
HE TOOK A ZERO GRAVITY FLIGHT
IN 2007.
A LIVE LOOK AMBITION AND THE
FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS HE COULD
MOVE WITHOUT HIS WHEELCHAIR.
IN 2012, THE CELEBRATED
PHYSICIST TOOK CENTER STAGE AS
HE OPENED LONDON'S PARALYMPIC
GAMES.
HE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO LOOK UP
AT THE STARS, NOT DOWN AT THEIR
FEET.
IN 2015, HAWKING TEAMED UP WITH
A RUSSIAN TECH BILLIONAIRE TO
LAUNCH A $100 MILLION HUNT FOR
ALIENS BEYOND EARTH.
WE ARE LIFE, WE ARE
INTELLIGENT.
WE MUST KNOW.
Reporter: AN AUTHORITY AN
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE -- ON
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE,
HAWKING WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
HIS BRILLIANT MIND AND FIERCE
DETERMINATION.
TINA KRAUS, CBS NEWS.
AND OVERNIGHT ALL SORTS OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING
THEIR CONDOLENCES ON TWITTER.
CELEBRITY ASTRO PHYSICIST NEIL
DEGRASS TYSON TWEETING QUOTE --
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "THE
SIMPSONS" SAID QUOTE FARE WELL
TO STEPHEN HAWKING THE MOST
INTELLIGENT GUEST STAR IN THE
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SIMPSONS
SONS.
