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A 1999 file photo of Professor Stephen Hawking smiling during a news conference at the University of Potsdam, near Berlin.

A 1999 file photo of Professor Stephen Hawking smiling during a news conference at the University of Potsdam, near Berlin. Source: AAP

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, a scientist who lived against the odds, Stephen Hawking were among the big names whose deaths were felt in 2018. We look back at the people who left a notched on our history and passed away in the last 12 months.

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The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, a scientist who lived against the odds, Stephen Hawking were among the big names whose deaths were felt in 2018. We look back at the people who left a notched on our history and passed away in the last 12 months.

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