"Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94"
Prof Fabiola Gianotti, the director general at Cern and former leader of the Atlas experiment, which helped discover the Higgs particle in 2012, said: "Besides his outstanding contributions to particle physics, Peter was a very special person, a man of rare modesty, a great teacher and someone who explained physics in a very simple and profound way.
"An important piece of Cern’s history and accomplishments is linked to him. I am very saddened, and I will miss him sorely."
