#RIP #OTD in 1883 philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, socialist revolutionary, author (The Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), Karl Marx died from bronchitis & pleurisy in London, aged 64. Highgate Cemetery (East), London
#RIP #OTD in 1975 model, actress (Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, My Foolish Heart, With a Song in My Heart, I’ll Cry Tomorrow, I Want to Live!) Susan Hayward died from brain cancer in Beverly Hills, aged 57. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church in Carrollton, Georgia
#RIP #OTD in 1977 voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer,leader in the civil rights movement Fannie Lou Hamer died of complications from hypertension and breast cancer, aged 59, at Taborian Hospital, Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden, Ruleville, Mississippi
On this day in 1991, lyricist and blues singer, Doc Pomus, died from cancer in Manhattan at the age of 65. Born Jerome Solon Felder on 27 June 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. Best known for the many rock and roll songs he co-wrote, with Mort Shuman including; “A Teenager in Love”; “Save The Last Dance For Me”; “Hushabye”; “This Magic Moment”; “Turn Me Loose”; “Sweets For My Sweet”; “Go Jimmy Go”, “Can’t Get Used to Losing You”; “Little Sister”; “Suspicion”; “Surrender”; “Viva Las Vegas”; “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame”; and with Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber: “Young Blood” and “She’s Not You”.
The Final Footprint – Pomus is interred in Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York. His grave is marked with an individual granite marker engraved with; “TURNING CORNERS IS ONLY A STATE OF MIND KEEPING YOUR EYES CLOSED IS WORSE THAN BEING BLIND.” THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME – D. P. / SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
#RIP #OTD in 2010 actor (Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible; Airplane!), younger brother of James Arness, Peter Graves died from a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles aged 83. Cremation
On this day in 2018 theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England from ALS at the age of 76. Born Stephen William Hawking on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. He was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
His scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking achieved commercial success with several works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general. His book A Brief History of Time appeared on the British Sunday Times best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks. Hawking was a Fellow of the Royal Society(FRS), a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND; also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis”ALS” or Lou Gehrig’s disease) that gradually paralysed him over the decades. Even after the loss of his speech, he was still able to communicate through a speech-generating device, initially through use of a hand-held switch, and eventually by using a single cheek muscle. He died on 14 March 2018 at the age of 76, after living with the disease for more than 50 years.
Hawking and Jane Wilde were married on 14 July 1965. After his divorce from Jane in 1995, Hawking married Elaine Mason in September of 1995. In 2006, Hawking and Mason divorced.
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His family stated that he “died peacefully”. He was eulogised by figures in science, entertainment, politics, and other areas. The Gonville and Caius College flag flew at half-mast and a book of condolences was signed by students and visitors. A tribute was made to Hawking in the closing speech by IPC President Andrew Parsons at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Hawking died on the 139th anniversary of Einstein’s birth. His private funeral took place at 2 pm on the afternoon of 31 March 2018, at Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge. Guests at the funeral included The Theory of Everything actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May, and model Lily Cole. In addition, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Hawking in Hawking, astronaut Tim Peake, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and physicist Kip Thorne provided readings at the service. Following cremation, a service of thanksgiving was held at Westminster Abbey on 15 June 2018, after which his ashes were scattered in the Abbey’s nave, alongside the grave of Sir Isaac Newton and close to that of Charles Darwin.
Inscribed on his memorial stone are the words “Here lies what was mortal of Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018” and his most famed equation. He directed, at least fifteen years before his death, that the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy equation be his epitaph. In June 2018, it was announced that Hawking’s words, set to music by Greek composer Vangelis, are to be beamed into space from a European space agency satellite dish in Spain with the aim of reaching the nearest black hole, 1A 0620-00.
Other notable Final Footprints at Westminster include; Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Charles II, Geoffrey Chaucer, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Edward III, Edward VI, Edward The Confessor, Elizabeth I, George II, George Friederic Handel, Henry III, Henry V, Henry VII, James I (James VI of Scotland), Samuel Johnson, Ben Jonson, Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mary I, Mary II, Mary Queen of Scots, John Milton, Isaac Newton, Laurence Olivier, Henry Purcell, Thomas Shadwell, Edmund Spenser, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Dylan Thomas, and William III.
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