Tuesday, May 08, 2012

14 Photographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People

#13. A Young, Cool Stephen Hawking, Standing With His Bride

From cracked,On one hand, none of us probably thought that Stephen Hawking was born in a wheelchair. But as a pop culture figure, his wheelchair and electronic voice are his thing, and against all logic you find it hard to think of him any other way, like how you can't think of Hulk Hogan without the tan and mustache.

That photo up there is from 1965, when a 23-year-old Hawking married Jane Wilde. That was after his diagnosis with ALS, the disease that would put him in the wheelchair (note the cane). But just a couple of years before that, he had no idea he had a degenerative disease -- he was a healthy, active, drinking college student at Oxford.

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2 comments:

DKC said...

Very cool. I like the ones of Hawking best. Actually, I like the one of Pacino and Walken best - although that's not technically part of the bunch. But it's completely hilarious!

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