Ryuichi Sakamoto, trailblazing musician and film composer, dead at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, an award-winning composer and member of pioneering digital act Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died. He was 71 years previous.

Japanese publication Sponichi reported late Sunday that it had discovered of Sakamoto’s demise on March 28, and the artist’s official Twitter account confirmed the news.

Sakamoto introduced in June of final 12 months that he was battling stage 4 most cancers. He had beforehand been identified with throat most cancers in 2014 and rectal most cancers in 2021.