Editing Kary Mullis (section)

== Personal life ==

Mullis was a [[Surfing|surfer]] as well as a musician,{{r|Carlson 1998}}<ref name="Golden 2000">{{cite magazine |last1=Golden |first1=Frederic |title=The Worst And The Brightest |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,91819-2,00.html |magazine=Time |date=13 December 2000 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Yoffe 1994" /> being both a guitarist and vocalist. He married four times,<ref name="Yoffe 1994" /> and he had three children by two of his wives. At the time of his death, he had two grandchildren and was survived by his fourth wife, Nancy (''née'' Cosgrove<ref name="Times Oct 2019">{{cite news |author1=<!--Staff writer, no byline--> |title=Kary Mullis: Obituaries – Nobel prizewinning biochemist and 'surfer dude' whose LSD-taking lifestyle was considered too lurid even for the OJ Simpson trial |work=[[The Times]] |publication-place=London |date=9 October 2019 |page=53 |issn=0140-0460 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/kary-mullis-obituary-6bsmfpk53 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Thompson">{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=M. Dion |title=A chemical balance A calmer Kary Mullis, Nobel-winning scientist and hallucinogen gourmand, brings his theories about gonzo genetics and random nature to Baltimore. |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-10-13-1998286002-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=13 October 1998 |page=1E |issn=1930-8965}}</ref>).
Mullis died on August 7, 2019, at his home in [[Newport Beach, California]],{{r|McClain}}<ref name="Clark">{{Cite news |first=Debbie |last=Clark |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/nobel-prize-winning-chemist-who-grew-up-in-sc-capital/article_f69354e6-baa3-11e9-b4d2-e7b21bfe5bfd.html |title=Nobel Prize-winning chemist who grew up in SC capital dies at 74 |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |location=Charleston, S.C. |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> from complications of [[pneumonia]].{{r|McClain|McDonald}}<ref name="MyNewsLA">{{Cite news |url=https://mynewsla.com/education/2019/08/08/nobel-winner-kary-banks-mullis-who-revolutionized-dna-research-dies-in-o-c/ |title=Nobel Winner Kary Banks Mullis, Who Revolutionized DNA Research, Dies in O.C. |website=MyNewsLA.com |date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>