No disrespect intended, but it's obviously not Hawking.

The latest man had far different teeth than Hawking did. Not even close.

Their heads are altogether different, as well. The real Hawking had a longish head, not at all squarish, and small, like the other man's head.

They had many other differences, beyond the most obvious ones mentioned here. Hairline, jawline, eyebrows, among other disparities. Their hands were obviously very different.

Some features looked similar, but many more differences are apparent.

The noses looked fairly similar, but not much else.

It was certainly very convenient that Hawking had no voice, too!

A voice is very hard to match with someone else. To match his appearance, is hard enough. But to match his voice, on top of it, is nearly impossible!

I knew someone who had ALS. It is an absolutely horrible disease.

Nobody could ever live that long with ALS. Nobody ever has.

After a person has been diagnosed with ALS, most will die within a few years, or less. Living an entire decade is very unusual, and rare.

Supposedly, Hawking lived with ALS for 55 YEARS!

It is utterly ridiculous.

The image was created of a weakly, disease-ridden, disfigured, voice-less man, in a wheelchair.... heralded as one of the greatest geniuses ever!

ALS didn't kill a great genius, like it had ALWAYS killed other people. He was a god-like figure, and he knew all things we didn't know, including how to beat ALS!

A sad story, in all.