Following the death of
theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in March 2018, the Latin American news site
teleSUR reposted a photograph from the
National Portrait Gallery collections on their
Facebook page, purporting to show him leading a VSC demonstration alongside Ali and
Vanessa Redgrave in March 1968. The image was then shared by thousands of users on Facebook and
Twitter, and was later picked up by other media outlets including
The Guardian. However, Ali and Redgrave both disputed the accuracy of the claim, and the National Portrait Gallery has since stated that the photograph does not show Hawking. In 2018 the
fact checking website
Alt News was able to prove that the person in the image was not Hawking by comparing the photograph with genuine images of the scientist. == References ==