Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies of coronavirus-related pneumonia

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Ken Shimura, a veteran droll comic and a one-time individual from rockabilly band and satire bunch the Drifters, kicked the bucket of pneumonia brought about by the novel coronavirus Sunday, his organization said. He was 70.
A commonly recognized name in Japan, Shimura a week ago turned into the principal Japanese diversion figure to report their contamination with the infection. His office declared on Monday his passing from the ailment known as COVID-19.