Stephen Hawking Rushed To Hospital

London Hospital The famed mathematician has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks. Cambridge University says Hawking is now very ill.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, April 20, 2009 - 10:01 am CST
LONDON (AP) - Cambridge University says that famed mathematician
Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is very ill.
The university said Hawking has been fighting a chest infection
for several weeks, and on Monday he was taken to Addenbrooke's
hospital in Cambridge, north of London.
The 67-year-old Hawking gained renown for his work on black
holes, and has remained active despite being stricken with motor
neurone disease as a young man. For some years, Hawking has been
almost entirely paralyzed, and he communicates through an
electronic device activated by his fingers.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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