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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Sega co-founder David Rosen passed away on Christmas Day — 95-year-old former U.S. airman helped set up Sega after his service ended in Japan

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David Rosen, one of the co-founders of Sega, passed away on Christmas Day. His funeral took place on January 2 at Inglewood Park Cemetery in California, according to RePlay Magazine. Rosen founded Sega after staying in Japan after he completed his Air Force service in the Far East.

Most will know Sega as a “Japanese video game company,” as per the Wikipedia page dedicated to the company, so it might come as a surprise that ‘Sega’ isn’t a Japanese word but a portmanteau of ‘Service Games.’

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