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Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England
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Hawking began his university education at University College, Oxford, in October 1959 at the age of 17
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In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease) that gradually paralyzed him over the decades
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he had 3 children(Lucy Hawking, Timothy Hawking and Robert Hawking
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In a 2004 interview, she cited her Christian faith as giving her hope during her marriage and the depression she experienced as a result of being his then-caregiver. In that interview, Jane noted the irony in her faith-based strength to support him in light of Stephen Hawking's well-known atheism
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He died on March 14, 2018
