http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/12/89...-nintendo-dies
Satoru Iwata, the relatively fresh leader of Nintendo of Japan, died on July 11th from a bile duct growth. He was 55.
Nintendo publicly released a company correspondence a few days later, to confirm that this is in fact not a hoax.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf