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Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100

Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese entrepreneur who invented the first-ever karaoke machine, died at 100 on Jan. 26.

Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world's first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan. He was 100 years old.

According to the Negishi's daughter Atsumi Takano said her father died from natural causes on Jan. 26,

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