The British physicist Stephen Hawking, the scientist who explained the universe from a wheelchair and brought the stars to millions of people in the world, has died this morning at his home in Cambridge, at age 76.
"I am deeply saddened by our father's failure today," said his children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, in a statement issued early Wednesday morning. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy survived for many years, his courage and persistence, with his brightness and humor, inspired people all over the world." On one occasion he said: "The universe would not be the great If it were not the home of the people you love, we will miss you forever. "
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