The famous British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking was buried today in the Church of St. Mary the Great in Cambridge, in the presence of hundreds of people.
Hawking died on March 14 at the age of 77, at his home in Cambridge, where he lived and taught for more than fifty years.
The bell in the church rang 76 times, one for each year of the famous professor's life, according to the BBC.
Hundreds of people in front of the church applauded the vehicle with the coffin, on top of which were white lilies, representing the universe, and white roses, as a symbol of the North Star.
One of several speakers at the funeral was actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Hawking in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything.
Speeches in Hawking's honor were also given by his eldest son Robert, Hawking's former student Faye Dowker and astronomer Martin Rees.
American investor Elon Musk, founder and director of the Spacex and Tesla companies, as well as British writer and actor Alan Bennett, reported the BBC, also attended the funeral.
Hawking's remains will be laid to rest on June 15, next to another great man from the world of science, Isaac Newton, in Westminster Abbey in London.
Hawking, one of the most respected scientists today, was a cosmologist, astronomer, mathematician and author of numerous books including "A Brief History of Time" which sold more than ten million copies.
The physicist was in a wheelchair for years because he suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spoke with the help of a computer synthesizer.
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