Stephen Hawking

Prof. Dr. Stephen Hawking died on 14 March 2018 in Cambridge. He was said to be the greatest scientist since Einstein. I won't say any more about him here as so much is written on the internet. See BBC obituary

However I did attend one of his lectures. On 16 Sept 1994 he gave a talk at the PWTC in Kuala Lumupur, Malaysia. A friend gave me a ticket so I was lucky enough to get a seat. There were more than 3000 in the audience, the biggest turn out for a scientific event.
This photo is taken from The Star

A filepic of Hawking, on stage in KL, facing the 3,500 audience just before delivering his lecture at the Putra World Trade Centre in Sept 1994.