On the Day of His Funeral, Stephen Hawking Gave an Amazing Gift

World-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking—who passed away from ALS on March 18—was laid to rest on Saturday, but not before giving one last (and totally beautiful) gift.

As thousands of people lined the streets outside of Hawking’s funeral, which took place in Cambridge, England, the city’s less fortunate headed to their local shelter to find a really cool surprise courtesy of the famed theoretical physicist.

According to Cambridge News, the Hawking family gave a financial donation large enough to fund a fancy Easter lunch to the Cambridge FoodCycle, a shelter that relies on donated and unused food to provide free meals to the homeless. The donation was enough to feed and give gifts to 50 people.

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The group was so thankful, they dedicated the meal to Stephen Hawking. SO. SWEET.

We're so grateful to the Hawking family for their generous donation so we could give our guests an extra special #Easter meal yesterday. We had a little cheer in honour of #StephenHawking before tucking in. #Cambridge #community #lovefoodhatewaste #alltogether pic.twitter.com/ali61X06iE

— FoodCycle Cambridge (@FoodCycleCamb) April 1, 2018

Moved to tears by this generosity from the family of #StephenHawking – to think of others at such a sad time is incredible. Our guests were v.happy to enjoy their lunch "on Stephen" #Cambridge #community https://t.co/MmPEM90oHT

— Dr Vibhuti Patel (@VibhutiJPatel) April 1, 2018