Stephen Hawking's funeral to take place on Mar 31
LONDON: Legendary British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will receive a private funeral at a church in Cambridge on March 31, his family has said. One of the world's most famous scientists, who died peacefully at his home in Cambridge aged 76 on March 14, will receive an "inclusive and traditional" funeral ceremony at Great St Mary's, the University Church in Cambridge, on Easter Saturday. His ashes will then be "interred" near the grave of Newton, another famous British scientist, during a thanksgiving service later this year. "It is entirely fitting that the remains of Professor Stephen Hawking are to be buried in the Abbey, near those of distinguished fellow scientists. Sir Isaac Newton was buried in the Abbey in 1727. Charles Darwin was buried beside Isaac Newton in 1882," said the dean of Westminster, John Hall.