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JAPAN OBIT YOKOI
File -- Gumpei Yokoi, who designed Nintendo Co.'s world-famous Game Boy series, poses with his product in this December 1996 file photo. Yokoi has been killed in a traffic accident in Ishikawa City, northwest of Tokyo, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 1997, a company official said Wednesday, Oct. 8. He was 56. Yokoi, who joined Nintendo in 1965, retired early last year to start an independent game-designing career, the company said. (AP Photo/Sankei Shimbun)
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JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, DEC. 1996 FILE PHOTO
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19961031
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