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  1. Oct 3, 1999 · Oct. 3, 1999 12 AM PT. From Times Staff and Wire Reports. TOKYO —. Akio Morita, the son of a sake brewer who built Sony Corp. into one of the most powerful brand names in the world, died today ...

  2. Oct 3, 1999 · Before that he was the junior partner to Masaru Ibuka, an engineering genius who, while not as widely known in the West, is considered in Japan to be the main founder of Sony. Mr. Ibuka died in ...

  3. Oct 11, 1999 · At the time, Ibuka was 38 years old and Morita was 25. Their partnership fostered what was to become one of the most successful companies of the 20th century. Morita passed away last Sunday in Tokyo at the age of 78. He is survived by his wife Yoshiko, sons Hideo and Masao and daughter Naoko.

  4. Oct 2, 2005 · He was 89. Mr. Ibuka was a founder with Akio Morita and others of a company that later took the name Sony. Its success became an emblem of Japan's rise from the ashes of World War II. "Mr. Ibuka ...

  5. Jan 6, 1998 · Mr. Ibuka passed away on Friday, December 19, 1997, at 03:38 a.m. at his home in Tokyo. The cause of death was heart failure. Mr. Ibuka was 89 years old. He is survived by one son and two daughters. A private funeral service took place at 12:00 noon on Monday, December 22, at the Shinagawa Christian Church, 4-7-40, Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku ...

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  7. Nov 24, 1998 · Masaru Ibuka, who turned a local factory into internationally renowned Sony Corp., left an inheritance worth roughly 9.96 billion yen when he died in December, taxation authorities said Tuesday.

  8. Dec 20, 1997 · Masaru Ibuka, 89, the founder of Sony Corp. who turned a radio repair shop into one of the world's electronics powerhouses, died of congestive heart failure here Dec. 19.

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