#tim hawking

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Eddie with the actors who played Stephen's children Robert and Lucy, alongside them the real Lucy and her younger brother Tim Hawking at The Theory of Everything London premiere on 9th December, 2014.

Photo via the_theoryof_everythingfan on IG.

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In an interview with British comedian Dara O’Briain, legendary physicist Stephen Hawking’s son Tim admitted he would prank his father as a child by programming his voice box with curse words and using Hawking’s wheelchair as a go kart. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when he was 21, a disease which has caused him to slowly lose control of various parts of his body — including the majority of his mouth.

"It was somewhat ironic that Dad losing his voice was actually the start of us being able to form a relationship"