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Satoru Iwata — Age & Birthday
Born: 6 December 1959 · Died: 11 July 2015 · Age at death: 55
How old was Satoru Iwata when he died?
Satoru Iwata died aged 55. He was born on 6 December 1959 and died on 11 July 2015.
Former president of Nintendo who oversaw the Wii and DS consoles
Did you know?A highly skilled programmer, he once created the software compression tools for the Pokémon Gold and Silver video games in his spare time.
Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡; December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, Iwata served as the fourth president of Nintendo, as well as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death in 2015.
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- Age at death
- 55
- Would be
- 66
- Years since death
- 11
- Born
- December 6, 1959 · Sapporo, Japan
- Died
- July 11, 2015
- Cause of death
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Known for
- Business, Science, Technology
Family
- Father
- Hiroshi Iwata
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