THE PLANNED MEETING WITH NORTH
KOREAN DIRECTOR KIM JONG-UN.
STEPHEN HAWKING HAS DIED.
HE HAD A BRILLIANT MIND THAT
RANGED ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.
EVEN THOUGH HIS BODY WAS
PARALYZED BY DISEASE.
Reporter: STEPHEN HAWKING
WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
SCIENTISTS OF OUR TIME.
OFTEN CALLED A 21st CENTURY
ALBERT EINSTEIN, HE WAS FAMOUS
FOR HIS WORK ON THE ORIGINS OF
THE UNIVERSE FROM THE BIG BANG
TO BLACK HOLES.
DIAGNOSED WITH LOU GHERIG'S AS
A YOUNG MAN, HE WAS PROOF
PEOPLE COULD OVERCOME THE
GREATEST OBSTACLES.
IT 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
INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY AND A
CAMEO ON THE SIMPSONS BROUGHT
HIM GREATER FAME.
I WANTED TO SEE YOUR UTOPIA.
THE EPISODE WAS VERY FUNNY.
NOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW ME THROUGH
THE SIMPSONS.
Reporter: PRESIDENT OBAMA
AWARDED HAWKING THE MEDAL OF
FREEDOM IN 2009 FOR PUSHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING
WAS A BRILLIANT MAN.
Reporter: HE TOOK A ZERO
GRAVITY FLIGHT IN 2017.
-- 2007.
IN 2012 HE 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.
Reporter: AN AUTHORITY ON
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE,
HAWKING WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
HIS BRILLIANT MIND AND FIERCE
DETERMINATION.
TINA KRAUS CBS NEWS.
STEPHEN HAWKING WAS 76 YEARS
OLD.
