Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies at 55

President of Japanese popular gaming company Nintendo, Satoru Iwata has died at the age of 55 following a battle with cancer. 

Iwata first joined Nintendo in the 1980s, working on games including Balloon Fight, Earth Boundand the Kirby franchise, working his way up the company before taking on the top post in 2002 following the retirement of Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company’s president since 1949, becoming only the fourth president in Nintendo’s history and the first to be unrelated to the Yamauchi family. Two years ago, he became CEO of Nintendo of America, Inc.