'Apple Song' singer Namiki dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows popular singer Michiko Namiki performing in Tokyo in October, 2000. Namiki, best known for singing ''Ringo no Uta'' (The Apple Song), died of heart failure April 7 at her home in Tokyo. She was 79.

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