[PyeongChang 2018] IPC to pay tribute to Stephen Hawking during PyeongChang Paralympics closing ceremony
Olympic GamesMar 15, 2018
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- International Paralympic Committee will pay tribute to late British scientist Stephen Hawking during the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, officials here said Thursday.IPC President Andrew Parsons will deliver a message paying tribute to Hawking, a theoretical physicist who died Wednesday at age 76, during the closing ceremony on Sunday, according to IPC communications director Craig Spence."Sometimes in society there is a wrong perception t