Iwata — only the fourth president in the company’s history — worked on many iconic video games and characters over his career.
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata died Saturday at the age of 55 following an illness, the company announced.
Iwata, only the fourth president of the company and the first to not be related to its founder, died due to a "bile duct growth," according to Nintendo. He had last year undergone surgery to remove a similar growth, causing him to miss a shareholders meeting as well as video game conference E3.
Iwata was appointed as a director at Nintendo in 2000, rising up the ranks to become CEO of Nintendo of America.
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