https://www.cnet.com/news/famed-physicist-stephen-hawking-dies-at-76/ >Stephen Hawking, a renowned British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who sought to explain the universe to millions, died Tuesday at the age of 76, his family said late Tuesday. >"We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today," his children said in a statement to Sky News.  "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years."