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Norio Ohga, 81, has died of multiple organ failure. Ohga was the president of the Sony Corporation from 1982 until 1995. During his tenure Sony transformed from a company that made mostly audio and video equipment to a giant force in computers, video gaming and, through the acquisition of Columbia-TriStar Pictures and others plus the purchase of the CBS Records and Video business they had partnered with across Asia since the mid-60s, restructured Sony to become one of the major entertainment companies in the world.
Dr. Sidney Harman may have been one of the biggest forces in the analog audio community but Ohga not only bridged the gap between analog and digital, he built the road on which we now travel. Ohga started with Sony in the 1950s, working on reel to reel decks and helping to develop Sony's pioneering transistor radio products. He was a great fan of orchestral music, a passion which legend has it inspired him to demand a compact disc standard capable of holding all of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on a single-sided 12 cm disc.
Both men are legendary and both are gone within two weeks in April. Two equally sad milestones in the history of electronics and entertainment.
Dr. Sidney Harman may have been one of the biggest forces in the analog audio community but Ohga not only bridged the gap between analog and digital, he built the road on which we now travel. Ohga started with Sony in the 1950s, working on reel to reel decks and helping to develop Sony's pioneering transistor radio products. He was a great fan of orchestral music, a passion which legend has it inspired him to demand a compact disc standard capable of holding all of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on a single-sided 12 cm disc.
Both men are legendary and both are gone within two weeks in April. Two equally sad milestones in the history of electronics and entertainment.