I was sad to hear that Stephen Hawking had passed.
Yes he was born 08/01/1942, he was just  76 years old
He sure lived a long time with whatever his disabling disease was. What is he best known for?
His scientific work was a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction
Of course! He must have been really smart. 
Yes, he sure was. It was shock you to know that he was the first to lay out theory of cosmology
That is a shock.  Cosmology is a fascinating discipline.
He supported any meaningful work of other scientist that relates to quantum mechanics.
Sounds like he really wanted to know how Earth came to be.
Yes, he received alot of awards including Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) including ifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and many others