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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Sadanoyama dies

File photo taken in November 1996 shows former yokozuna Sadanoyama and French President Jacques Chirac watching a bout at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka. Sadanoyama, who served as head of the Japan Sumo Association in the 1990s, died of pneumonia at 79 at a Tokyo hospital on April 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Sadanoyama dies

File photo taken in November 1965 shows yokozuna Sadanoyama (R) forcing another yokozuna Taiho out of the ring at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka. Sadanoyama, who served as head of the Japan Sumo Association in the 1990s, died of pneumonia at 79 at a Tokyo hospital on April 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Sadanoyama dies

File photo taken in March 1965 shows new yokozuna Sadanoyama performing his ring-entry ceremony at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. Sadanoyama, who served as head of the Japan Sumo Association in the 1990s, died of pneumonia at 79 at a Tokyo hospital on April 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Sadanoyama dies

File photo taken in May 1961 shows maegashira Sadanoyama holding a trophy after his first victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. Sadanoyama, who later became yokozuna and served as head of the Japan Sumo Association in the 1990s, died of pneumonia at 79 at a Tokyo hospital on April 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Sadanoyama dies

Photo taken in April 2004 shows former yokozuna Sadanoyama, whose real name is Shinmatsu Ichikawa. Sadanoyama, who served as head of the Japan Sumo Association in the 1990s, died of pneumonia on April 27, 2017, at age 79. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo