Hiroshi Yamauchi

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Ace Who Brought You Nintendo Dead at 85

Hiroshi Yamauchi turned company into videogame powerhouse

(Newser) - Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo for more than 50 years and led the Japanese company's transition from traditional playing-card maker to videogame giant, has died. He was 85. Kyoto-based Nintendo says Yamauchi, who owned the Seattle Mariners before selling it to Nintendo's US unit in 2004, died today...

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