A new documentary on the life of Stephen Hawking has revealed that had his first wife Jane not kept him on life support after his battle with pneumonia in 1985, the world may never have seen more of his brilliant scientific mind.
In the film, Stephen, paralyzed as a result of motor neurone disease, is seen opening up about his first wife in the film, crediting her love for helping to pull him out of a deep depression after receiving his diagnosis, the Huffington Post reported.
The couple split in 1991 after 26 years of marriage, and according to The Independent, the docu film looks at the couples' years together and how Jane handled the complexities of living with the theoretical physicist throughout his illness.
The documentary also touches on the role Jane played to help Stephen achieve worldwide acclaim as a scientist after refusing to take him off life support in 1985, enabling him to finish the best-seller 'A Brief History Of Time.
