{"id":132064,"date":"2023-04-05T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=132064"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:12:32","slug":"oscar-winning-japanese-composer-ryuichi-sakamoto-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/oscar-winning-japanese-composer-ryuichi-sakamoto-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passes away:<\/strong> Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese musician whose remarkably eclectic career straddled pop, experimentalism and Oscar-winning film composition, has died aged 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakamoto had twice been diagnosed with cancer. In 2014, he took a year off from music as he recovered from throat cancer, describing the illness as \u201cthe most harsh, physically painful time in my life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-april-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><br><br>He was a&nbsp;Japanese composer,&nbsp;record producer, and actor who pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a&nbsp;member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).<br><br>As a film-score composer, he won an&nbsp;Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and two Golden Globe Awards. He won an&nbsp;Academy Award&nbsp;with his score for the&nbsp;1987 period epic \u201cThe Last Emperor&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passes away: Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese musician whose remarkably eclectic career straddled pop, experimentalism and Oscar-winning film composition, has died aged 71. Sakamoto had twice been diagnosed with cancer. 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