Ex-Sony chief Ohga, who led push into music and movies, dies (Reuters)

By Edmund Klamann Edmund Klamann

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Sat Apr 23, 1:05 pm ET



TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Sony President and Chairman Norio Ohga, who gave up a career as an opera singer to join the fledgling consumer electronics maker in the 1950s and later led its expansion into movies and video games, died on Saturday, the company said. He was 81.

Ohga was Sony's president from 1982 to 1995,

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