Kary Mullis, inventor of PCR, has died (opens in new tab)

Also, the PCR reaction was effectively described in an earlier 1971 paper from Gobind Khorana (see final paragraph): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022283671...

More color on Kary Mullis: https://classic.esquire.com/article/1994/7/1/is-kary-mullis-...