I have put this under EE because of the engineering interest.

Death of Morgan Sparks on 3rd May - listed as inventor of the first 
practical working transistor, and director of Sandia National Laboratory.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3925722.ece 

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