Pop singer and composer Eiichi Otaki, 65, collapsed at his Tokyo home and died at a hospital Monday, it was learned Tuesday.
Police quoted his family as saying he was eating an apple at 5:30 p.m. and a piece apparently got stuck in his throat.
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Strumming: Pop singer and composer Eiichi Otaki plucks his guitar while his friend, Tatsuro Yamashita, looks on at a studio in Tokyo in 1981. | KYODO
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