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Stephen Hawking lived more than 50 years after being diagnosed with ALS — time bent, not spirit.

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Hawking was diagnosed with ALS in 1963 and lived until 2018, about 55 years later—far longer than typical early prognoses. During that time, he produced landmark work in cosmology and became one of the world’s most recognized scientists.

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