Stephen Hawking on his wedding day in 1965

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception 

This picture of famed British physicist Stephen Hawking on his wedding day in 1965



The now-wheelchair-bound author of "A Brief History of Time" was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- when he was 21, which drastically affected both his mobility and speech.

Hawking and his bride Jane Wilde pictured on their wedding day in 1965 were divorced in 1990 after 26 years of marriage and three children. He married his caregiver, Elaine Mason, in 1995, but the pair called it quits in 2006.