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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1982 shows sumo elder Naruto, then Takanosato, holding the trophy after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. He died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011, at the age of 59.

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows sumo elder Naruto (R) attending a press conference along with Kisenosato, a wrestler who belongs to the Naruto stable, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011. Naruto, the former yokozuna Takanosato, died of respiratory failure at a Fukuoka hospital on Nov. 7, 2011, aged 59.

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in January 2011 shows sumo elder Naruto, the former yokozuna Takanosato, who died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011. He was 59.

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows sumo elder Naruto (R) attending a press conference along with Kisenosato, a wrestler who belongs to the Naruto stable, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2011. Naruto, the former yokozuna Takanosato, died of respiratory failure at a Fukuoka hospital on Nov. 7, 2011, aged 59. (Kyodo)

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1982 shows sumo elder Naruto, then Takanosato, holding the trophy after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. He died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011, at the age of 59. (Kyodo)

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Sumo elder Naruto, ex-yokozuna Takanosato, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in January 2011 shows sumo elder Naruto, the former yokozuna Takanosato, who died of respiratory failure at a hospital in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2011. He was 59. (Kyodo)