Can stop the music: Karaoke inventor dies

The unsung hero of countless boozy nights out has passed away. Shigeichi Negishi, inventor of the first commercially available karaoke machine, died of natural causes, at the age of 100.
In 1967, Nigishi was running an electronics business when a co-worker mocked his singing. — Read the rest
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