Stephen Hawking
This celebrity goo was created by player Dan Donovan.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Monday, October 22, 2001 (part of Round XV)
category: 
Science
clue: A brief history of his life would mention ALS. Who's the king?
explanation: Hawking was a physicist as famous for his book A Brief History of Time as he was for having the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). more…
solved by: Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Mike Eberhart, Dave Mitzman, Aaron Fischer, Anna Gregoline, Kelly Stokes, Amir H. Sufyani, Edward Tegge, Jeff Flom, D. R., and Brannan Conrad
trivia: The image was taken from Hawking's guest appearance on "The Simpsons," but not for comedic value: At the time the goo was created, it was the only image of Hawking that Scott could find on the web!
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