Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has passed away at 55
“Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth,” the company said.
The 55 year old executive joined Nintendo in the 1980’s, working in development. He became a director in June 2000, ascending to president and representative director in May 2002, and CEO of Nintendo of America in June 2013.
He was at the forefront of Nintendo’s efforts to communicate openly and directly with its fans, and became the face of the company through Nintendo Direct presentations. His gestures and playful approach were widely celebrated, and will be greatly missed.
Iwata had suffered poor health for some time, missing E3 2014 before undergoing surgery for his ongoing bile dust issues. His repeat absence this year had been attributed to business commitments.
Senior managing directors Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda will govern Nintendo until Iwata’s successor is chosen.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/13/nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-has-passed-away/
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ProPosted:
Always sad to hear that someone has passed away.
I hope that the next CEO Of this company is as smart as he was.
R.I.P Man!
I hope that the next CEO Of this company is as smart as he was.
R.I.P Man!
BioPosted:
Sad to always hear things like this. The next CEO in line will hopefully be as clever as him.
slapshot101Posted:
It's sad to see him go, but he was part of the company during the whole Wii phase which took over gaming for such a long time, and made motion a huge part of gaming, and helped encourage the making the Kinect and the Playstation Move (whatever happen to that anyways?) At least it seems like he enjoyed what he did and spend a good portion of his ice doing it.
BrigandPosted:
It's just terrible to see an innovative and successful man die at a young age. Hopefully the predecessor will be just like him.
EarnPosted:
Never really been a big fan of Nintendo but I have brought some of there products and they have made some incredible games and Satoru Iwata has changed Gaming in great ways, I hope he rests in peace and that his family and friends are ok.
JastyPosted:
Sad too see this happen, i've seen many great tributes within the past few weeks upon this.
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