During a visit to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research on the border of France and Switzerland in mid-1985 , Hawking contracted pneumonia , which in his condition was life-threatening ; he was so ill that Jane was asked if life support should be terminated .
[ 54 ] During a visit to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research on the border of France and Switzerland in mid-1985 , Hawking contracted pneumonia , which in his condition was life-threatening ; he was so ill that Jane was asked if life support should be terminated .