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World famous physicist Stephen Hawking has died aged 76, reported news agency AFP quoting a family spokesperson.
Hawking's insights shaped modern cosmology. His major contributions include studies on gravitational singularity theorems and black holes. Hawking was the first to propose a theory of cosmology using the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
From the age of 21, the scientist, who has done intensive research in cosmology, was suffering from a motor neurone disease that limited his abilities to move around.
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