09-19-2013, 08:04 AM
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Primordial Fishbeast
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi dies, 85
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Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Japanese businessman credited with transforming Nintendo into a world-leading video games company, has died aged 85.
Mr Yamauchi ran the firm for 53 years, and was its second-largest shareholder at the time of his death.
The company confirmed the news in an emailed statement.
A spokesman said the firm was in mourning over the "loss of the former Nintendo president Mr Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sadly passed away this morning."
He died of pneumonia at a hospital in central Japan, the company said, adding that a funeral will take place on Sunday.
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When I was in my early teens I used to read the Nintendo Official Magazine, in which there were a lot of jokes about Yamauchi being a vampire. Guess they weren't true. Sad to hear this, though given his age it wasn't surprising. I doubt we'd have the history of consoles that we do now if it weren't for the way he ran Nintendo. R.I.P.
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