Sumo stablemaster Tagonoura dies at 46

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1999 shows sumo stablemaster Keihito Tagonoura, former makuuchi-division wrestler Kushimaumi. He died of unknown causes at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 13, 2012, police said. He was 46. (Kyodo)

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