(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 23, 2014, British theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking gives a lecture during the Starmus Festival on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, a family spokesman said on March 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN