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Family, friends attend Stephen Hawking's funeral in Cambridge

Hundreds of people lined the streets for the funeral procession, from Hawking's home in west Cambridge to the city's centre, where the church is located

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Hundreds of family and friends, including actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biographical drama "The Theory of Everything," attended the renowned scientist's private funeral Saturday in Cambridge. The service honoring Hawking was held at the University of Cambridge's St. Mary the Great church, even though the celebrated cosmologist and mathematician, who died on March 14 at age 76, was an atheist, Efe reported.

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