Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Mario Molina dies

"It is with deep pain that we report the death of Dr. Mario Molina, which occurred today (October 7 -

) in Mexico City," reads a message on Twitter.

Mario Molina received the Nobel Prize for his work on the effect of freons on the ozone layer.

Philip Anderson, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, died in the United States at the end of March.