Renowned French cuisine chef Murakami dies

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Murakami (file photo), former chief chef at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, died of heart failure on Aug. 2 at his home in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, his family said Aug. 4. He was 84.

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