Norio Ohga dies at 81

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This has been widely reported: Norio Ohga passed away at the age of 81.
He was the chairman of Sony from 1982 to 1995 and on his watch the company got into the motion picture and music businesses.

With all my non-sympathy to modern Sony, this guy deserves a bow

An accomplished musician and music lover, Ohga was the guy who insisted the Compact Disc format
should hold at least 74 minutes to accommodate Beethoven's Ninth Symphony without flipping.

http://www.hometheater.com/content/sonys-akio-morita-norio-ohga

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