Sony's Ohga has stroke, collapses in Beijing

Sony's Ohga has stroke, collapses in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (in file photo) collapsed apparently from a minor stroke while conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at a music festival in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2001. Xinhua news agency said said Ohga, 71, was sent to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital for treatment and was diagnosed as suffering from abrupt cerebral hemorrhage.

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