Famed lyricist Ishimoto dies at 85

Famed lyricist Ishimoto dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1998 shows award-winning lyricist Miyuki Ishimoto, a writer of lyrics for iconic hit songs in Japanese popular music for decades, who died of heart failure at a Yokohama hospital May 27. He was 85. (Kyodo)

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