Even worse, the scientist refused to talk about his medical condition. “He would never ever talk about how he felt,” Stephen Hawking’s ex-wife said. “He would never mention his illness.

A nurse who cared for Professor Stephen Hawking claimed last night that she saw his wife abusing and mistreating him. Elaine Hawking called her disabled 62-year-old husband a cripple, bathed him ...

The Theory of Everything tells the incredible journey, against all odds, of Stephen Hawking and his first wife Jane Wilde. The scientist is struggling to accept a diagnosis of motor neuron disease ...

In Stephen Hawking: A Biography by Kristine Larsen ... the option of removing him from life support was considered, which his then-wife, Jane, objected to. He underwent a tracheotomy instead ...

Stephen Hawking was the most recognisable scientist of modern times. His life fascinated people for decades, culminating in an Oscar-winning portrayal of him in the film 'The Theory of Everything'.

Joe Giddens Jane Hawking, the professor's first wife and their son ... Extracts from eulogy read by Prof Fay Dowker Stephen shared his work and his zest for the fundamental questions it addressed ...