According to this story on Yahoo! News (Kyodo): http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050812-00000162-kyodo-ent Ishii Teruo (born Kitagawa Teruo) died this morning at 9:43 at a Tokyo Hospital of lung cancer. He was 81. There will be a private funeral for close relatives first, and plans for a separate ceremony later. jg