Adobe co-founder Dr. John Warnock handed away on Saturday on the age of 82, Adobe publicizes at present. A reason for dying has not been launched; he’s survived by his spouse, graphic designer Marva Warnock, and his three youngsters.

Warnock based the revolutionary software program firm Adobe together with his associate, the now-late Dr. Charles Geschke, in 1982. Marva Warnock designed the corporate’s unique emblem, and Adobe launched its first program, the desktop publishing software program Adobe PostScript, two years later. Warnock served principally as the corporate’s CEO till 2000 and was co-chairman of the board together with Geschke till 2017. Warnock remained on the corporate board of administrators afterward.

Warnock was “one of many biggest inventors in our era with important influence on how we talk in phrases, photos and movies,” wrote Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen in an e mail to workers informing them of Warnock’s passing. He later added, “My interactions with John over the previous 25 years have been the spotlight of my skilled profession.”

Adobe is widely-associated with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop, however the firm has maintained an impressively broad portfolio of well-regarded staple functions in a number of industries. Throughout Warnock’s tenure as its CEO, Adobe created industry-standard software program for enterprise, graphic design, pictures, video enhancing, audio recording, and extra.