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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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News CLICKYA sad day for science. I'll bet you he'll be on a bank note within the next fifty years.
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm
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Location: on the naughty step
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Very sad, he was a strong advocate for the NHS too and a cool sense of humour
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Peebo
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Brilliant scientist and didn't take himself too seriously (see Star Trek TNG, Futurama, The Simpsons and The Big Bang Theory to name a few).
A great loss to planet Earth.
On the other hand, 76 isn't a terrible age to get to without motor neuron disease, getting there with it is a tribute to Hawking and all those who cared for him throughout his life.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Given that the doctors' prognosis was that he would die in 1968, he did quite well really...
RIP
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MrStevenRogers
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:44 pm
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Physicist. Philosopher. Hero. Stephen Hawking. 1942-2018. RIP ...
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cloaked_wolf
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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The world is poorer for it. I read some of the Daily Mail comments to see what the public reaction was. Whilst most were positive, there were a couple who (through various aliases) basically slagged him off, viewing Hawking as the anti-Christ, or asking what inventions he made that were useful. They were largely US-based commenters. My jaw just dropped. Either they were trolling, or they were missing a lot of IQ points.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
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Location: London
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_________________Still the official cheeky one 
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
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A good friend of mine in Italy put up a status saying similar and it was the god brigade involved. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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