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Stephen Hawking lived for more than 50 years after being diagnosed with ALS at age 21.

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Is it true that Stephen Hawking lived for more than 50 years after being diagnosed with ALS at age 21?

Yes. Two reference sources state directly that Stephen Hawking lived more than 50 years after his motor neurone disease diagnosis, one giving 55 years; a 2002 article and a case report corroborate decades of survival without giving the 50-year figure.

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Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia
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Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

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What can a dentist learn from an astrophysicist? A photographic evaluation of the long-term impact of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on the orofacial sphere, using the example of Stephen Hawking: A historical case report.
2022
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V, V., S, K., & GS, A. (2022). What can a dentist learn from an astrophysicist? A photographic evaluation of the long-term impact of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on the orofacial sphere, using the example of Stephen Hawking: A historical case report.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/scd.12665

An exceptional man -
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An exceptional man - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1478

ALS
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ALS. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALS

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018)
2018
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John, P. (2018). Stephen Hawking (1942–2018). authors.library.caltech.edu. https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/4y39s-j1013

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