Do You Know Of Robert R. Hall, Physicist?

Robert R. Hall died on November 7, 2016, but it isn't until years later that we are hearing of him and about his life and death.  There's hardly anything you do at the supermarket or department store for which he isn't partially responsible.  Hall was a physicist extrodinaire.

Robert Hall  was a physicist who worked most of his life at a research lab run by General Electric.  Hall invented the first solid state laser in 1962, probably his greatest achievements, as the laser is used in so many other products.  He is also credited with inventing the red blinking laser scanner that reads bar codes on products.  He invented the price tags dangling from products in department stores, and he invented the microwave.

It seems to me he was a pretty important physicist that nobody ever heard about.  How his death was overlooked by the scientific community, is beyond me.  He is credited with many other scientific achievements, most of which I don't understand.  Thank you Robert R. Hall for making our lives easier.