Stephen Hawking's Ashes to Be Placed at London's Westminister Abbey

Stephen Hawking's Ashes to Be Placed at London's Westminister Abbey On Tuesday, The burial service will be held around Thanksgiving later this year, according to USA Today. Hawking succumbed to Lou Gehrig's Disease at the age of 76 last week. His most prominent piece of work, A Brief History in Time, was published in 1988 and lived on the become a bestseller.