Physicist Hawking celebrates 60th birthday in style

Saturday, January 12, 2002

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Stephen Hawking, the star physicist who has survived a remarkable 38 years with motor neuron disease, almost didn't make it to a week of festivities marking his 60th birthday.

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