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Sony ex-CEO Idei, who led brand's global growth, dies at 84
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FILE - Then Sony Corp. chief corporate adviser Nobuyuki Idei, is seen in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2005. Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in digital and entertainment businesses, has died of liver failure, the company said Tuesday, June 7, 2022. He was 84. - photo by AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File
TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in the digital and entertainment businesses, has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 84. Idei died of liver failure on June 2 in Tokyo, Sony Group Corp. said in a statement.