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What caused Stephen Hawking's death?

  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • pneumonia

  • postpartum thyroiditis

  • mitral valve insufficiency

Answer

Stephen Hawking's cause of death was Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles.
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