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Kazuo Koike
(
小池 一夫
,
Koike Kazuo
, 8 May 1936 ? 17 April 2019)
was a
Japanese
manga
writer and
businessman
. He was best known for his series
Lone Wolf and Cub
(1970?1976) and
Lady Snowblood
(1972?1973). He was added to the
Eisner Award
Hall of Fame in 2004. He was born in
Daisen
,
Akita Prefecture
.
Koike died of
pneumonia
on 17 April 2019, at the age of 82. He died less than a week after his rival
Monkey Punch
, also caused by pneumonia.
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