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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/johntwit on 2026-08-08 00:02:01+00:00.
Original Title: TiL that Kyu Sakamoto - the only Japanese artist to ever reach #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with the song “Sukiyaki” in 1963 - died at age 43 in the Japan Air Lines Flight 123 plane crash in 1985
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I thought I had heard this before. I’m glad I clicked. I had only heard the Utada version.
