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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 156980" data-attributes="member: 13">I have just learned this morning of the death of former Yokozuna Futahaguro at the age of 55.  He died on 10 February from kidney disease but the death has only been reported this morning.Futahaguro of course will remain notorious for being forced to leave sumo in disgrace following a major argument with his stablemaster, hitting his stablemaster's wife and the head of his supporters' club.  His poor performance following his premature promotion to Yokozuna (without winning a yusho) also had a factor in his very early retirement at only 24.He later turned to pro-wrestling.Swami</blockquote>