Washington – Japanese chemist Eiichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died at age 85, his U.S. university said.
Negishi died on Sunday in Indianapolis, Purdue University said in a statement on Friday, adding his family would lay him to rest in Japan sometime next year. His wife, Sumire, died in an accident in 2018.
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