MURPHY.
CBS NEWS SAYS THAT RACE IS
STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
BRITISH PHYSICIST STEPHEN
HAWKING HAS PASSED AWAY.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS BRILLIANT
SCIENTIFIC MIND.
WE LOOK BACK ON HIS
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
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 ON THE BIG BANG TO
BLACK HOLES.
DIAGNOSED WITH LOU GEHRIG'S
DISEASE AS A YOUNG MAN COME HE
WAS CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR
AND SPOKE THROUGH A COMPUTER.
BUT HE WAS LIVING PROOF PEOPLE
COULD OVERCOME EVEN THE
GREATEST OBSTACLES.
FOR ME, IT IS QUITE AN
ACHIEVEMENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET SO
FAR.
Reporter: HIS 1988 BOOK, A
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, IT
BECAME A BESTSELLER AND MADE
HIM AN UNLIKELY INTERNATIONAL
CELEBRITY AND A CAMEO ON THE
SIMPSONS BROUGHT HIM GREATER
FAME.
I WANTED TO SEE YOUR UTOPIA
BUT NOW I SEE IT AS MORE OF A
FRUIT TOPIA.
THE EPISODE WAS VERY FUNNY.
MOST PEOPLE KNOW ME THROUGH THE
SIMPSONS AS FOR MY SCIENCE.
Reporter: PRESIDENT OBAMA
AWARDED STEPHEN HAWKING THE
METAL AFREZZA AND FOR PUSHING
THE BOUNDARIES OF SCIENCE.
PROFESSOR STEPHEN HAWKING'S
WAS A BRILLIANT MAN AND A
MEDIOCRE STUDENT.
Reporter: AND HE KEPT
PUSHING.
HE TOOK A ZERO GRAVITY FLIGHT
IN 2007, A LIFELONG 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, HE TEAMED UP WITH THE
RUSSIAN TECH BILLIONAIRE TO
LAUNCH A $100 MILLION HUNT FOR
ALIENS BEYOND EARTH.
Reporter: AN AUTHORITY ON
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE,
STEPHEN HAWKING WILL BE
REMEMBERED FOR HIS BRILLIANT
