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[[Epic Rap Battles of History|He's got 12 inch rims on his chair, that's how he rolls, y'all.]] No, he actually ''does''. You thought they were joking?
Stephen Hawking died in 2018, on 14th March (Pi Day), after living 55 years longer than was predicted upon his diagnosis.
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* [[And I Must Scream]]: Subverted hard. Even though Lou Gehrig's disease is this played straight, just by having enough sight, hearing and enough eye movement to control his computer (which does the communicating for him) he is still able to live an active scientifically-contributing life to the world at large. Those thought experiments with scientific theories also stave off the boredom that comes with ordinary [[And I Must Scream]].
* [[Badass Boast]]: Upon seeing the Warp-Core during his tour of the set of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'';
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
** [[Disabled Snarker]]
* [[Determinator]]: At 21, he was told he had (at most) a year left to live. Ordinary people would consider suicide when diagnosed with an [[And I Must Scream]]-causing disease that [[Despair Event Horizon|cannot be cured]]. He
* '''[[Genius Cripple]]''': The [[Trope Codifier]] for modern portrayals and interpretations of this trope.
* [[Machine Monotone]]
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