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  1. Mar 14, 2018 · Stephen Hawking died of ALS after battling the disease for 55 years. Here's what to know about ALS and Hawking's case.

  2. Mar 14, 2018 · Hawking had a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Early-onset and slow-progressing, he was diagnosed at age 21 during his studies at the University of...

    • Katherine Hignett
  3. Jan 7, 2012 · One of the misconceptions about ALS is that it's only a motor-neuron disease, and that's not true. What has Stephen Hawking's case shown about the disease?

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  5. Mar 14, 2018 · A tribute to the world-renowned physicist who defied the odds and made groundbreaking contributions to cosmology and black-hole physics. Learn about his life, achievements, challenges and legacy in this comprehensive article by Martin Rees.

    • Martin Rees
    • 2018
  6. Learn how Stephen Hawking defied the odds and lived for five decades with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neuromuscular disease. Find out the symptoms, causes, mechanisms and treatments of ALS, and how Hawking's determination and care contributed to his longevity.

    • Chin-Lung Kuo
    • 2019
  7. Mar 14, 2018 · Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists of our time, didn’t let a rare motor neuron illness that bound him to a wheelchair stop him from roaming everywhere else.

  8. Mar 14, 2018 · How Hawking's disease progressed. Professor Hawking had just turned 21 when he was diagnosed with a very rare slow-progressing form of ALS, a form of motor neurone disease (MND).