Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
Japanese mountain climber (1949–1996).
Born February 2nd, 1949 in Tokyo.
Died May 11th, 1996 at 47 years old in Mount Everest.
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson