LONDON: Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday. "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert, and Tim said in a statement carried by Britain's Press Association news agency. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years."

Source: New Strait Times March 14, 2018 03:56 UTC