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Satoru Iwata, President & CEO of Nintendo, Dies at Age 55

posted by takyon on Monday July 13 2015, @04:15AM   Printer-friendly

DarkMorph writes:

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has published a document on their Japanese webpage [document in English] stating that their most recently appointed CEO has passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth. Iwata was known for his work at HAL Laboratories in his early career, his success as CEO as denoted by the financial flourishment by Wii sales, and the fact that he was the first appointed president with no blood or marital association to the Yamauchi family that started the company in 1889.

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