Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" and founder of Namco, has died

Over the past few months, many famous celebrities have died. Now a video game icon has passed away: Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco (formerly Nakamura Manufacturing), passed away on January 22nd. The news of his passing was announced today.
Nakamura, the so-called «Father of Pac-Man,» loved entertainment in all forms. In 1955, long before video games, his company put two mechanical wooden horse rides on top of a department store for children to ride. A decade later, he secured another contract with Mitsukoshi, a leading department store, to install cars that rode around on a track.

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