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Man who invented karaoke has (badly) sung his final song and died aged 100
His Sparko Box invention led to an explosion of ... having interviewed the inventor in 2018 for his book ‘Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World’. The centenarian was not the only ...
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Inventor of first karaoke machine, Shigeichi Negishi, dies aged 100
Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several ... whose interview with Negishi features in his 2020 book “Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World,” the inventor ...