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  2. Mar 16, 2018 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS is one of several types of motor neurone diseases. It gradually and inexorably paralyzes patients, usually killing within about four years. Hawking was...

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  4. Mar 14, 2018 · He was first diagnosed with ALS more than five decades ago, at age 21, and was initially given just a few years to live — making the very nature of his long, illustrious career as much of a...

  5. Jan 7, 2012 · Stephen Hawking turns 70 on Sunday, beating the odds of a daunting diagnosis by nearly half a century. The famous theoretical physicist has helped to bring his ideas about black holes and...

  6. Feb 24, 2023 · While in graduate school, at age 21, Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to in the US as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was getting more clumsy and fell over several times without knowing why.

  7. Mar 14, 2018 · When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1963, few thought he would live more than a couple of years.

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  8. Mar 20, 2018 · Stephen Hawking lived for 55 years following his diagnosis with ALS, a condition that often kills patients within a few short years.

  9. Mar 19, 2018 · Stephen Hawking died last week at the age of 76 — 55 years after he was diagnosed with ALS. Here & Now 's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Steve Perrin, president and chief scientific officer at the...

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