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Stephen Hawking: Eddie Redmayne to speak at Cambridge funeral Stephen Hawking: crowds line streets of Cambridge for physicist's funeral
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The actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Prof Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, has arrived at the University Church of St Mary the Great in Cambridge for Hawking’s funeral. The funeral service of Prof Stephen Hawking has begun at the University Church of St Mary the Great in Cambridge.
The actor will give a reading at the service. Five hundred friends, colleagues and family are expected to attend the private service, followed by a reception at Trinity College. Hundreds of people lined the streets before the service, and a round of applause broke out as six porters from the physicist’s former college, Gonville and Caius, carried his coffin from the hearse into the church.
His family arrived in cars behind the hearse and were last into the church.
The renowned British physicist died peacefully at his Cambridge home on 14 March at the age of 76. Guests seen arriving included the model and Cambridge University graduate Lily Cole, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May and comedian Dara O Briain, who made a documentary about Hawking.
The cosmologist was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in his 20s. The renowned British physicist died peacefully at his Cambridge home on 14 March at the age of 76. The cosmologist
The church where the service will be held is near to Gonville and Caius College, where Hawking was a fellow for 52 years. The actor Eddie Redmayne, who played the role of Professor StephenHawking in The Theory of Everything, is giving a reading at the funeral.
Hawking’s coffin will be carried by six porters from the college, all in traditional uniform including bowler hats. The actor will deliver lines from Ecclesiastes 3.1-11 at the service.
Many porters at the college knew Hawking and provided support when he visited for dinners and other events, and they were asked by his family to be pallbearers. Redmayne’s reading includes the lines: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
The head porter, Russ Holmes, will walk ahead of the coffin as it is carried into the church. “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.
He will wear his formal college uniform of top hat and tails, and carry a silver-topped ebony cane of office. “A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.”
Redmayne’s reading will be followed by a reading by the astronomer royal, Martin Rees.Redmayne’s reading will be followed by a reading by the astronomer royal, Martin Rees.
Eulogies will be delivered by Robert Hawking, Hawking’s eldest child, and Prof Fay Dowker, a former student of Hawking.Eulogies will be delivered by Robert Hawking, Hawking’s eldest child, and Prof Fay Dowker, a former student of Hawking.
The service will be officiated by the Rev Dr Cally Hammond, dean of Gonville and Caius College.The service will be officiated by the Rev Dr Cally Hammond, dean of Gonville and Caius College.
Music at the service will be performed by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College.
The choir will perform Beyond the Night Sky, commissioned by Gonville & Caius as a gift for Hawking for his 75th birthday in 2017. Its lyrics include quotes from A Brief History of Time.
Hawking was a fellow at Caius College for 52 years. His coffin was carried by six porters from the college, who wore traditional uniform including bowler hats. Many of the college porters knew Hawking and were asked by his family to be pallbearers.
The flags of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Cambridge and University College, Oxford are flying at half-mast in honour of Hawking.
In a statement, Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, said: “On behalf of our whole family we want to express our huge gratitude to all the wonderful tributes to our father and to those who have sent us messages of condolence.In a statement, Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, said: “On behalf of our whole family we want to express our huge gratitude to all the wonderful tributes to our father and to those who have sent us messages of condolence.
“Our father lived and worked in Cambridge for over 50 years. He was an integral and highly recognisable part of the university and the city.“Our father lived and worked in Cambridge for over 50 years. He was an integral and highly recognisable part of the university and the city.
“For this reason, we have decided to hold his funeral in the city that he loved so much and which loved him. Our father’s life and work meant many things to many people, both religious and non-religious. So, the service will be both inclusive and traditional, reflecting the breadth and diversity of his life.“For this reason, we have decided to hold his funeral in the city that he loved so much and which loved him. Our father’s life and work meant many things to many people, both religious and non-religious. So, the service will be both inclusive and traditional, reflecting the breadth and diversity of his life.
“We would like to thank Gonville and Caius College, the University of Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge, for their assistance with our father’s funeral service.”“We would like to thank Gonville and Caius College, the University of Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge, for their assistance with our father’s funeral service.”
Hawking’s ashes will be interred close to the remains of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey on 15 June.Hawking’s ashes will be interred close to the remains of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey on 15 June.
A book of condolence for Hawking remains open at Gonville and Caius College, and an online book has also been set up.A book of condolence for Hawking remains open at Gonville and Caius College, and an online book has also been set up.
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