TIL in 2004, during an interview with Stephen Hawking, a camera operator accidentally pulled one of the plugs causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. They thought this act had killed him only to find him laughing at his own jokes, The alarm was from his computer losing power

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43400021
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