Created accidentally in 1942, Super Glue has been mending snapped coffee cup handles and sticking broken Bluetooth receivers to ears for many decades.

Unfortunately, the wonder glue’s inventor, Dr. Harry Coover, passed away at the age of 94 over the weekend at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Though Super Glue came about as an accident, Coover was quite the inventor during his long and productive life. Like a modern day DaVinci, the Delaware native eventually ended up with 460 patents to his credit. For his scientific creativity, Coover was inducted in 2004 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame located  in Akron, Ohio.

From pop culture to the President, Coover met many famous folks due to his sticky fixer. The inventor made an appearance on the early television game show “I’ve Got A Secret” with Garry Moore. In a precursor to the Japanese game show that has contestants leap onto a velcro wall, Moore and Coover were suspended with his glue.

His contributions to society were also recognized at a different level as he was awarded the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama in 2010.

He was also pleased that his invention found uses in the medical field to close wounds, according to a family member.

Unfortunately, Coover didn’t reap great profits from his invention and it couldn’t heal its creator.

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