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Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus: NHK

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<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70.</p><p>Shimura, one of the country’s best-known comedians with a career dating back to the early 1970s, had been hospitalized in Tokyo and died on Sunday evening, NHK said.</p><div><strong>Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Chris Gallagher</strong></div>

<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70.</p>

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He was 70.