0_Apprentice
I was sad to hear that Stephen Hawking had passed.
1_Wizard
Yes he was born 08/01/1942, he was just  76 years old
0_Apprentice
He sure lived a long time with whatever his disabling disease was. What is he best known for?
1_Wizard
His scientific work was a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction
0_Apprentice
Of course! He must have been really smart. 
1_Wizard
Yes, he sure was. It was shock you to know that he was the first to lay out theory of cosmology
0_Apprentice
That is a shock.  Cosmology is a fascinating discipline.
1_Wizard
He supported any meaningful work of other scientist that relates to quantum mechanics.
0_Apprentice
Sounds like he really wanted to know how Earth came to be.
1_Wizard
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
0_Apprentice
Thanks! you are very informative