![]() ![]() ![]() He later told the BBC he had considered committing suicide by not breathing after the operation, but he said the “reflex to breathe was too strong”. The renowned theoretical physicist, who died on Wednesday aged 76, lost his ability to speak more than three decades ago after a tracheotomy linked to complications in the motor neurone disease he was diagnosed with at the age of 21. The technology behind his means of communication was upgraded through the years, offering him the chance to sound less like a machine, but he insisted on sticking to the original voice because it had effectively become his own. FILE PHOTO: Stephen Hawking in Beijing June 21, 2006. ![]()
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