[quote]Nintendo has just issued a short statement announcing that president Satoru Iwata has passed away at the age of 55.[/quote] [quote]The statement reads:[/quote] [quote]Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth. Iwata was forced to skip last year’s E3 due to his poor health, and shortly afterwards underwent surgery to remove the bile duct growth.[/quote] [quote]Iwata first joined Nintendo in the 1980s, where he worked on games like Balloon Fight and EarthBound. He became a Director of the company in 2000, and in 2002 was appointed as only the fourth President of Nintendo.[/quote] [url=http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412]Source[/url]