http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412

Wow, this is pretty shocking news for the gaming community

Explains why he was not at E3...

Iwata http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-had-a-bile-duct-growth-removed-1595179410, and shortly afterwards underwent surgery to remove the bile duct growth.

Iwata first joined Nintendo in the 1980s, where he worked on games like Balloon Fight and EarthBound. He became a Director of the company in 2000, and in 2002 was appointed as only the fourth President of Nintendo.

This is pretty.... damn, I knew he had been having health problems but this still feels very sudden.

Dang 55? That's not too much older than me.

I'm so shocked that I thought this was a distasteful prank thread... What a bummer 馃槩

Im not a big Nintendo fan but Iwata was an industry icon and I'm very upset to hear about his passing. R.I.P